diff --git a/pyghmi/ipmi/fru.py b/pyghmi/ipmi/fru.py
index 0b132510..cec37ef6 100644
--- a/pyghmi/ipmi/fru.py
+++ b/pyghmi/ipmi/fru.py
@@ -229,6 +229,7 @@ class FRU(object):
             # Additionally 0xfe has been observed, which should be a thorn, but
             # again assuming termination of string is more likely than thorn.
             retinfo = retinfo.rstrip(b'\xfe\xff\x10\x03\x00 ')
+            retinfo = retinfo.replace(b'\x00', b'')
             if lang in (0, 25):
                 try:
                     retinfo = retinfo.decode('iso-8859-1')