int rc = 0;
        unsigned int ea_name_len = ea_name ? strlen(ea_name) : 0;
        char *name, *value;
+       size_t buf_size = dst_size;
        size_t name_len, value_len, user_name_len;
 
        while (src_size > 0) {
                        /* 'user.' plus a terminating null */
                        user_name_len = 5 + 1 + name_len;
 
-                       rc += user_name_len;
-
-                       if (dst_size >= user_name_len) {
+                       if (buf_size == 0) {
+                               /* skip copy - calc size only */
+                               rc += user_name_len;
+                       } else if (dst_size >= user_name_len) {
                                dst_size -= user_name_len;
                                memcpy(dst, "user.", 5);
                                dst += 5;
                                dst += name_len;
                                *dst = 0;
                                ++dst;
-                       } else if (dst_size == 0) {
-                               /* skip copy - calc size only */
+                               rc += user_name_len;
                        } else {
                                /* stop before overrun buffer */
                                rc = -ERANGE;