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diff --git a/c++/src/H5PropList.cpp b/c++/src/H5PropList.cpp
index 9476d46..a49995d 100644
--- a/c++/src/H5PropList.cpp
+++ b/c++/src/H5PropList.cpp
@@ -390,8 +390,13 @@ void PropList::getProperty(const char* name, void* value) const
//--------------------------------------------------------------------------
H5std_string PropList::getProperty(const char* name) const
{
+ // Get property size first
size_t size = getPropSize(name);
+
+ // Allocate buffer then get the property
char* prop_strg_C = new char[size+1]; // temporary C-string for C API
+ HDmemset(prop_strg_C, 0, size+1); // clear buffer
+
herr_t ret_value = H5Pget(id, name, prop_strg_C); // call C API
// Throw exception if H5Pget returns failure