diff --git a/src/compose/state.c b/src/compose/state.c
index 7a78891..ca8b8f1 100644
--- a/src/compose/state.c
+++ b/src/compose/state.c
@@ -168,17 +168,17 @@ xkb_compose_state_get_utf8(struct xkb_compose_state *state,
     /* If there's no string specified, but only a keysym, try to do the
      * most helpful thing. */
     if (node->leaf.utf8 == 0 && node->leaf.keysym != XKB_KEY_NoSymbol) {
-        char name[64];
+        char utf8[7];
         int ret;
 
-        ret = xkb_keysym_to_utf8(node->leaf.keysym, name, sizeof(name));
+        ret = xkb_keysym_to_utf8(node->leaf.keysym, utf8, sizeof(utf8));
         if (ret < 0 || ret == 0) {
             /* ret < 0 is impossible.
              * ret == 0 means the keysym has no string representation. */
             goto fail;
         }
 
-        return snprintf(buffer, size, "%s", name);
+        return snprintf(buffer, size, "%s", utf8);
     }
 
     return snprintf(buffer, size, "%s",