diff --git a/channels/chan_sip.c b/channels/chan_sip.c
index 498087cdc9c5503c2af53f64ab903bb96a285a81..f658cf6553fe0d4677dec0973e967dd4f8c282bb 100644
--- a/channels/chan_sip.c
+++ b/channels/chan_sip.c
@@ -10913,7 +10913,7 @@ static int function_sippeer(struct ast_channel *chan, char *cmd, char *data, cha
 	if (!strcasecmp(colname, "ip")) {
 		ast_copy_string(buf, peer->addr.sin_addr.s_addr ? ast_inet_ntoa(iabuf, sizeof(iabuf), peer->addr.sin_addr) : "", len);
 	} else  if (!strcasecmp(colname, "status")) {
-		peer_status(peer, buf, sizeof(buf));
+		peer_status(peer, buf, len);
 	} else  if (!strcasecmp(colname, "language")) {
 		ast_copy_string(buf, peer->language, len);
 	} else  if (!strcasecmp(colname, "regexten")) {