diff --git a/newlib/examples/hello.c b/newlib/examples/hello.c
index 99b6b5e4..98aa17d1 100644
--- a/newlib/examples/hello.c
+++ b/newlib/examples/hello.c
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ int main(int argc, char** argv)
 {
 	char* teststr = malloc(sizeof(char)*100);
 	int testfile = open("/bin/test.txt", O_CREAT | O_EXCL, "wr");
-	write(testfile, "hello in new file '/bin/test.txt'", 30);
+	write(testfile, "hello in new file '/bin/test.txt'", 34);
 	lseek(testfile, 0, SEEK_SET);
 	read(testfile, teststr, 100);
 	close(testfile);