diff --git a/fs/hostfs/hostfs.c b/fs/hostfs/hostfs.c
index 53143a6d309..697a1215486 100644
--- a/fs/hostfs/hostfs.c
+++ b/fs/hostfs/hostfs.c
@@ -230,7 +230,7 @@ static void hostfs_mkpath(FAR struct hostfs_mountpt_s  *fs,
 
   if (depth >= 0)
     {
-      strlcat(path, &relpath[first], pathlen - strlen(path));
+      strlcat(path, &relpath[first], pathlen);
     }
 }