diff --git a/src/lxc/lxc_user_nic.c b/src/lxc/lxc_user_nic.c
index 0f79451d1..6f550f0da 100644
--- a/src/lxc/lxc_user_nic.c
+++ b/src/lxc/lxc_user_nic.c
@@ -638,7 +638,7 @@ static int count_entries(char *buf, off_t len, char *name, char *net_type, char
 {
 	int count = 0;
 	bool owner = false;;
-	char *buf_end = &buf[len];
+	char *buf_end;
 
 	buf_end = &buf[len];
 	while ((buf = find_line(buf, buf_end, name, net_type, net_link, NULL,