diff --git a/stdio-common/Makefile b/stdio-common/Makefile
index 210944837e..ec3fff246b 100644
--- a/stdio-common/Makefile
+++ b/stdio-common/Makefile
@@ -200,6 +200,7 @@ aux := \
 
 tests := \
   bug-vfprintf-nargs \
+  bug-vfscanf-internal \
   bug1 \
   bug3 \
   bug4 \
diff --git a/stdio-common/bug-vfscanf-internal.c b/stdio-common/bug-vfscanf-internal.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..54ab192e50
--- /dev/null
+++ b/stdio-common/bug-vfscanf-internal.c
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+#include <stddef.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include <wchar.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <malloc.h>
+#include <support/check.h>
+
+static size_t
+get_cookie (size_t *chunk)
+{
+/* heap related test need to ignore out-of-bound access */
+#pragma GCC diagnostic push
+#pragma GCC diagnostic ignored "-Warray-bounds"
+  return chunk[-1] & ~1; /* ignore prev_inuse bit */
+#pragma GCC diagnostic pop
+}
+
+#if __SIZEOF_POINTER__ == 8
+#  define WIDTH 0x409
+#  define SCANFSTR "%1033mc"
+#else /* 32bit target? */
+#  define WIDTH 0x40d
+#  define SCANFSTR "%1037mc"
+#endif
+#define CHUNKSZ 0x410
+static int
+do_test (void)
+{
+  char *input = malloc (WIDTH + 1);
+  TEST_VERIFY (input != NULL);
+  memset (input, 'A', WIDTH);
+  input[WIDTH] = '\0';
+
+  /* THIS TEST UNIT REQUIRE SOME HEAP LAYOUT! Which is related to
+   current ptmalloc, when malloc is updated, this test may be inaccurate.
+   Anyway, we should construct a case where we allocate a chunk just
+   lower than scanf-alloced chunk to detect if heap overflow happens. */
+  void *hole = malloc (WIDTH - 1);
+  size_t *guard = malloc (0x20);
+  if ((size_t) hole + CHUNKSZ != (size_t) guard)
+    {
+      puts ("Unexpected heap layout: \"guard\" is not adjacent to \"hole\"");
+      return 77;
+    }
+  size_t cookie = get_cookie (guard);
+  free (hole);
+
+  char *buf = NULL;
+  TEST_VERIFY (sscanf (input, SCANFSTR, &buf) != -1);
+  TEST_VERIFY (buf != NULL);
+  TEST_VERIFY (get_cookie (guard) == cookie);
+
+  free (buf);
+  free (input);
+  return 0;
+}
+
+#include <support/test-driver.c>
diff --git a/stdio-common/vfscanf-internal.c b/stdio-common/vfscanf-internal.c
index 59fc8208aa..b33ee0652c 100644
--- a/stdio-common/vfscanf-internal.c
+++ b/stdio-common/vfscanf-internal.c
@@ -856,7 +856,7 @@ __vfscanf_internal (FILE *s, const char *format, va_list argptr,
 			  /* Enlarge the buffer.  */
 			  size_t newsize
 			    = strsize
-			      + (strsize >= width ? width - 1 : strsize);
+			      + (strsize >= width ? width : strsize);
 
 			  str = (char *) realloc (*strptr, newsize);
 			  if (str == NULL)
@@ -929,7 +929,7 @@ __vfscanf_internal (FILE *s, const char *format, va_list argptr,
 		      && wstr == (wchar_t *) *strptr + strsize)
 		    {
 		      size_t newsize
-			= strsize + (strsize > width ? width - 1 : strsize);
+			= strsize + (strsize > width ? width : strsize);
 		      /* Enlarge the buffer.  */
 		      wstr = (wchar_t *) realloc (*strptr,
 						  newsize * sizeof (wchar_t));
@@ -984,7 +984,7 @@ __vfscanf_internal (FILE *s, const char *format, va_list argptr,
 		    && wstr == (wchar_t *) *strptr + strsize)
 		  {
 		    size_t newsize
-		      = strsize + (strsize > width ? width - 1 : strsize);
+		      = strsize + (strsize > width ? width : strsize);
 		    /* Enlarge the buffer.  */
 		    wstr = (wchar_t *) realloc (*strptr,
 						newsize * sizeof (wchar_t));