diff --git a/scripts/kconfig/qconf.cc b/scripts/kconfig/qconf.cc
index 620a3527c767..4f3ba3debc08 100644
--- a/scripts/kconfig/qconf.cc
+++ b/scripts/kconfig/qconf.cc
@@ -1174,7 +1174,7 @@ void ConfigInfoView::clicked(const QUrl &url)
 {
 	QByteArray str = url.toEncoded();
 	const std::size_t count = str.size();
-	char *data = new char[count + 1];
+	char *data = new char[count + 2];  // '$' + '\0'
 	struct symbol **result;
 	struct menu *m = NULL;