diff --git a/src/www_msgs.c b/src/www_msgs.c
index 929b20e..22f0fc8 100644
--- a/src/www_msgs.c
+++ b/src/www_msgs.c
@@ -704,7 +704,7 @@ static char *www_wordwrap(char *content, int cutoff) {
 	int i;
 	int line_count = 0;
 	char *last_space = NULL;
-	char *ret = (char *)malloc(len + 1);
+	char *ret;
 	int at = 0;
 	int extra = 0;
 	if (ret == NULL) {
@@ -727,6 +727,8 @@ static char *www_wordwrap(char *content, int cutoff) {
 	content[at] = '\0';
 	at = 0;
 
+	len = strlen(content);
+	ret = (char *)malloc(len + 1);
 	for (i=0;i<len;i++) {
 		if (content[i] == '\n') {
 			continue;