diff --git a/epicardium/modules/config.c b/epicardium/modules/config.c
index 78e24cd13155d10d548cf009a79335ff1ee4f56b..6bd22d22bc8212e2db15d5bdc568446c9794029e 100644
--- a/epicardium/modules/config.c
+++ b/epicardium/modules/config.c
@@ -386,13 +386,9 @@ int epic_config_get_boolean(const char *key, bool *value)
 		return 0;
 	}
 
-	char buf[MAX_LINE_LENGTH + 1];
+	char buf[MAX_LINE_LENGTH];
 	epic_config_get_string(key, buf, MAX_LINE_LENGTH);
 
-	if (buf == NULL) {
-		return -ENOENT;
-	}
-
 	if (!strcmp(buf, "true")) {
 		*value = true;
 		return 0;