diff --git a/src/hashes.c b/src/hashes.c
index b451c4b23..3f7b9d5e5 100644
--- a/src/hashes.c
+++ b/src/hashes.c
@@ -284,8 +284,7 @@ void check_hash (hashcat_ctx_t *hashcat_ctx, hc_device_param_t *device_param, pl
     u8 *temp_ptr = (u8 *) temp_buf;
 
     // encode our plain
-    base32_encode (int_to_base32, (const u8 *) plain_ptr, plain_len, (u8 *) temp_buf);
-    plain_len = strlen ((const char *) temp_buf);
+    plain_len = base32_encode (int_to_base32, (const u8 *) plain_ptr, plain_len, (u8 *) temp_buf);
 
     // copy the base32 content into our plain buffer
     strncpy ((char *) plain_ptr, (char *) temp_ptr, sizeof (plain_buf));