diff --git a/src/fe-common/irc/fe-netsplit.c b/src/fe-common/irc/fe-netsplit.c
index b76d4ce7..990c4fe2 100644
--- a/src/fe-common/irc/fe-netsplit.c
+++ b/src/fe-common/irc/fe-netsplit.c
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ static void get_server_splits(void *key, NETSPLIT_REC *split,
 			g_string_append_printf(chanrec->nicks, "%s, ", split->nick);
 
 			if (chanrec->nick_count == netsplit_max_nicks)
-                                chanrec->maxnickpos = chanrec->nicks->len;
+				chanrec->maxnickpos = chanrec->nicks->len - 2;
 		}
 	}
 }