diff --git a/common/stringsupport/string_convert.go b/common/stringsupport/string_convert.go
index 75951b4ca..84574375b 100644
--- a/common/stringsupport/string_convert.go
+++ b/common/stringsupport/string_convert.go
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ func PaddedString(x string, size uint, t bool) []byte {
 		e := japanese.ShiftJIS.NewEncoder()
 		xt, _, err := transform.String(e, x)
 		if err != nil {
-			return make([]byte, 0)
+			return make([]byte, size)
 		}
 		x = xt
 	}