diff --git a/src/platform/redox/mod.rs b/src/platform/redox/mod.rs
index 6b6c8942fc92ab0310ad469b986b415515d2d8fd..4cbdd26d2b9c192b0f1df9424515bf25885ad540 100644
--- a/src/platform/redox/mod.rs
+++ b/src/platform/redox/mod.rs
@@ -680,7 +680,7 @@ impl Pal for Sys {
 
             let timeout_path = unsafe {
                 CString::from_vec_unchecked(
-                    format!("time:{}\0", syscall::CLOCK_MONOTONIC).into_bytes(),
+                    format!("time:{}", syscall::CLOCK_MONOTONIC).into_bytes(),
                 )
             };
             let timeout_file = match RawFile::open(&timeout_path, fcntl::O_RDWR, 0) {