diff --git a/utils/coreutils.go b/utils/coreutils.go
index 5d9023f6d..ff13e9fce 100644
--- a/utils/coreutils.go
+++ b/utils/coreutils.go
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ func RoundTo(whole, amount time.Duration) time.Duration {
 }
 
 func SplitPrefix(prefix string) []string {
-	length := int(math.Max(float64(len(prefix)-1), 0))
+	length := int(math.Max(float64(len(prefix)), 0))
 	subs := make([]string, length)
 	max := len(prefix)
 	for i := 0; i < length; i++ {
diff --git a/utils/utils_test.go b/utils/utils_test.go
index cbc0924dd..c7ab8de1b 100644
--- a/utils/utils_test.go
+++ b/utils/utils_test.go
@@ -295,7 +295,7 @@ func TestRound(t *testing.T) {
 
 func TestSplitPrefix(t *testing.T) {
 	a := SplitPrefix("0123456789")
-	if len(a) != 9 {
+	if len(a) != 10 {
 		t.Error("Error splitting prefix: ", a)
 	}
 }