diff --git a/Extras/Serialize/BulletFileLoader/bFile.cpp b/Extras/Serialize/BulletFileLoader/bFile.cpp
index da9f65f20..5c8f54fe3 100644
--- a/Extras/Serialize/BulletFileLoader/bFile.cpp
+++ b/Extras/Serialize/BulletFileLoader/bFile.cpp
@@ -643,8 +643,8 @@ char *bFile::readStruct(char *head, bChunkInd &dataChunk)
 			if ((strcmp(oldType, "btShortIntIndexData") == 0))
 			{
 				int allocLen = 2;
-				char *dataAlloc = new char[(dataChunk.nr * allocLen) + 1];
-				memset(dataAlloc, 0, (dataChunk.nr * allocLen) + 1);
+				char *dataAlloc = new char[(dataChunk.nr * allocLen) + sizeof(void*)];
+				memset(dataAlloc, 0, (dataChunk.nr * allocLen) + sizeof(void*));
 				short *dest = (short *)dataAlloc;
 				const short *src = (short *)head;
 				for (int i = 0; i < dataChunk.nr; i++)
@@ -682,8 +682,8 @@ char *bFile::readStruct(char *head, bChunkInd &dataChunk)
 				// numBlocks * length
 
 				int allocLen = (curLen);
-				char *dataAlloc = new char[(dataChunk.nr * allocLen) + 1];
-				memset(dataAlloc, 0, (dataChunk.nr * allocLen));
+				char *dataAlloc = new char[(dataChunk.nr * allocLen) + sizeof(void*)];
+				memset(dataAlloc, 0, (dataChunk.nr * allocLen) + sizeof(void*));
 
 				// track allocated
 				addDataBlock(dataAlloc);
@@ -719,8 +719,8 @@ char *bFile::readStruct(char *head, bChunkInd &dataChunk)
 #endif  //
 	}
 
-	char *dataAlloc = new char[(dataChunk.len) + 1];
-	memset(dataAlloc, 0, dataChunk.len + 1);
+	char *dataAlloc = new char[(dataChunk.len) + sizeof(void*)];
+	memset(dataAlloc, 0, dataChunk.len + sizeof(void*));
 
 	// track allocated
 	addDataBlock(dataAlloc);