diff --git a/libmisc/salt.c b/libmisc/salt.c
index c72447ea..4940d76e 100644
--- a/libmisc/salt.c
+++ b/libmisc/salt.c
@@ -248,6 +248,10 @@ static /*@observer@*/const char *gensalt (size_t salt_size)
 		result[0] = '\0';
 	}
 
+	if (strstr(result, "rounds=") != NULL) {
+		result[3] = '\0';
+	}
+
 	/*
 	 * Concatenate a pseudo random salt.
 	 */