diff --git a/vlib/v/gen/c/embed.v b/vlib/v/gen/c/embed.v
index 4ee02eba29..635563f7ad 100644
--- a/vlib/v/gen/c/embed.v
+++ b/vlib/v/gen/c/embed.v
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ fn (mut g Gen) gen_embedded_data() {
 	g.embedded_data.writeln('')
 	g.embedded_data.writeln('const v__embed_file__EmbedFileIndexEntry _v_embed_file_index[] = {')
 	for i, emfile in g.embedded_files {
-		g.embedded_data.writeln('\t{$i, { .str=(byteptr)("${cestring(emfile.rpath)}"), .len=${emfile.rpath.len - 1}, .is_lit=1 }, _v_embed_blob_$i},')
+		g.embedded_data.writeln('\t{$i, { .str=(byteptr)("${cestring(emfile.rpath)}"), .len=$emfile.rpath.len, .is_lit=1 }, _v_embed_blob_$i},')
 	}
 	g.embedded_data.writeln('\t{-1, { .str=(byteptr)(""), .len=0, .is_lit=1 }, NULL}')
 	g.embedded_data.writeln('};')
diff --git a/vlib/v/gen/c/testdata/embed_with_prod.c.must_have b/vlib/v/gen/c/testdata/embed_with_prod.c.must_have
index 3f783a491a..276917108e 100644
--- a/vlib/v/gen/c/testdata/embed_with_prod.c.must_have
+++ b/vlib/v/gen/c/testdata/embed_with_prod.c.must_have
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ static const unsigned char _v_embed_blob_0[138] = {
 0x66,0x6e,0x20,0x6d,0x61,0x69,0x6e,0x28,0x29,0x20,0x7b,0x0a,0x09,0x6d,0x75,0x74,
 
 const v__embed_file__EmbedFileIndexEntry _v_embed_file_index[] = {
-	{0, { .str=(byteptr)("embed.vv"), .len=7, .is_lit=1 }, _v_embed_blob_0},
+	{0, { .str=(byteptr)("embed.vv"), .len=8, .is_lit=1 }, _v_embed_blob_0},
 	{-1, { .str=(byteptr)(""), .len=0, .is_lit=1 }, NULL}
 };