diff --git a/libclamav/ole2_extract.c b/libclamav/ole2_extract.c
index 9a49a1e8b7..ca1a8f8dab 100644
--- a/libclamav/ole2_extract.c
+++ b/libclamav/ole2_extract.c
@@ -256,8 +256,8 @@ cli_ole2_get_property_name2(const char *name, int size)
     if ((name[0] == 0 && name[1] == 0) || size <= 0 || size > 128) {
         return NULL;
     }
-    CLI_MAX_MALLOC_OR_GOTO_DONE(newname, size * 7,
-                                cli_errmsg("OLE2 [cli_ole2_get_property_name2]: Unable to allocate memory for newname: %u\n", size * 7));
+    CLI_MAX_MALLOC_OR_GOTO_DONE(newname, size * 5,
+                                cli_errmsg("OLE2 [cli_ole2_get_property_name2]: Unable to allocate memory for newname: %u\n", size * 5));
 
     j = 0;
     /* size-2 to ignore trailing NULL */
@@ -275,8 +275,6 @@ cli_ole2_get_property_name2(const char *name, int size)
                 newname[j++] = 'a' + ((x & 0xF));
                 newname[j++] = 'a' + ((x >> 4) & 0xF);
                 newname[j++] = 'a' + ((x >> 8) & 0xF);
-                newname[j++] = 'a' + ((x >> 16) & 0xF);
-                newname[j++] = 'a' + ((x >> 24) & 0xF);
             }
             newname[j++] = '_';
         }