diff --git a/channels/chan_sip.c b/channels/chan_sip.c
index fc176db02210d68b366f173f23e703878f5a51ea..e7e0e9282be0440547ea9a270d2cf9561aaf2127 100644
--- a/channels/chan_sip.c
+++ b/channels/chan_sip.c
@@ -8305,18 +8305,24 @@ static void copy_request(struct sip_request *dst, const struct sip_request *src)
 	memcpy(dst, src, sizeof(*dst));
 	dst->data = dup;
 
-	if (!dst->data && !(dst->data = ast_str_create(src->data->used)))
+	/* All these + 1's are to account for the need to include the NULL terminator
+	 * Using typical string functions like ast_copy_string or ast_str_set will not
+	 * work in this case because the src's data string is riddled with \0's all over
+	 * the place and so a memcpy is the only way to accurately copy the string
+	 */
+
+	if (!dst->data && !(dst->data = ast_str_create(src->data->used + 1)))
 		return;
 	else if (dst->data->len < src->data->used)
-		ast_str_make_space(&dst->data, src->data->used);
+		ast_str_make_space(&dst->data, src->data->used + 1);
 		
-	memcpy(dst->data->str, src->data->str, src->data->used);
+	memcpy(dst->data->str, src->data->str, src->data->used + 1);
 	dst->data->used = src->data->used;
 	offset = ((void *)dst->data->str) - ((void *)src->data->str);
 	/* Now fix pointer arithmetic */
-	for (x=0; x < src->headers; x++)
+	for (x = 0; x < src->headers; x++)
 		dst->header[x] += offset;
-	for (x=0; x < src->lines; x++)
+	for (x = 0; x < src->lines; x++)
 		dst->line[x] += offset;
 	/* On some occasions this function is called without parse_request being called first so lets not create an invalid pointer */
 	if (src->rlPart1)