diff --git a/Lib/test/test__xxsubinterpreters.py b/Lib/test/test__xxsubinterpreters.py
index e17bfde2c2f75a..7aec021fb19a5e 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test__xxsubinterpreters.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test__xxsubinterpreters.py
@@ -378,6 +378,9 @@ def test_bytes(self):
         self._assert_values(i.to_bytes(2, 'little', signed=True)
                             for i in range(-1, 258))
 
+    def test_strs(self):
+        self._assert_values(['hello world', '你好世界', ''])
+
     def test_int(self):
         self._assert_values(itertools.chain(range(-1, 258),
                                             [sys.maxsize, -sys.maxsize - 1]))
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2020-05-31-15-52-18.bpo-40834.MO9_hb.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2020-05-31-15-52-18.bpo-40834.MO9_hb.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..272783773ff940
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2020-05-31-15-52-18.bpo-40834.MO9_hb.rst
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Fix truncate when sending str object with_xxsubinterpreters.channel_send.
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Python/pystate.c b/Python/pystate.c
index 071b976ff634f6..9beefa8e20c444 100644
--- a/Python/pystate.c
+++ b/Python/pystate.c
@@ -1708,7 +1708,7 @@ _str_shared(PyObject *obj, _PyCrossInterpreterData *data)
     struct _shared_str_data *shared = PyMem_NEW(struct _shared_str_data, 1);
     shared->kind = PyUnicode_KIND(obj);
     shared->buffer = PyUnicode_DATA(obj);
-    shared->len = PyUnicode_GET_LENGTH(obj) - 1;
+    shared->len = PyUnicode_GET_LENGTH(obj);
     data->data = (void *)shared;
     Py_INCREF(obj);
     data->obj = obj;  // Will be "released" (decref'ed) when data released.