diff --git a/src/http/ngx_http_parse.c b/src/http/ngx_http_parse.c
index b5e2359b6..bbda9ecd8 100644
--- a/src/http/ngx_http_parse.c
+++ b/src/http/ngx_http_parse.c
@@ -537,6 +537,8 @@ ngx_http_parse_header_line(ngx_http_request_t *r, ngx_buf_t *b)
         sw_header_almost_done
     } state;
 
+    /* the last '\0' is not needed because string is zero terminated */
+
     static u_char  lowcase[] =
         "\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0"
         "\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0-\0\0" "0123456789\0\0\0\0\0\0"
@@ -545,7 +547,7 @@ ngx_http_parse_header_line(ngx_http_request_t *r, ngx_buf_t *b)
         "\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0"
         "\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0"
         "\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0"
-        "\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0";
+        "\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0";
 
     state = r->state;
     hash = r->header_hash;