diff --git a/dcop/client/marshall.cpp b/dcop/client/marshall.cpp
index 4099528f3..b9199531a 100644
--- a/dcop/client/marshall.cpp
+++ b/dcop/client/marshall.cpp
@@ -203,12 +203,12 @@ TQCString demarshal( TQDataStream &stream, const TQString &type )
         KURL r;
         stream >> r;
         result = r.url().local8Bit();
-    } else if ( type.left( 11 ) == TQVALUELIST_OBJECT_NAME_STRING "<" )
+    } else if ( type.left( 12 ) == TQVALUELIST_OBJECT_NAME_STRING "<" )
     {
-        if ( (uint)type.find( '>', 11 ) != type.length() - 1 )
+        if ( (uint)type.find( '>', 12 ) != type.length() - 1 )
             return result;
 
-        TQString nestedType = type.mid( 11, type.length() - 12 );
+        TQString nestedType = type.mid( 12, type.length() - 13 );
 
         if ( nestedType.isEmpty() )
             return result;
@@ -225,9 +225,9 @@ TQCString demarshal( TQDataStream &stream, const TQString &type )
             if ( i < count - 1 )
                 result += '\n';
         }
-    } else if ( type.left( 5 ) == TQMAP_OBJECT_NAME_STRING "<" )
+    } else if ( type.left( 6 ) == TQMAP_OBJECT_NAME_STRING "<" )
     {
-        int commaPos = type.find( ',', 5 );
+        int commaPos = type.find( ',', 6 );
 
         if ( commaPos == -1 )
             return result;
@@ -235,7 +235,7 @@ TQCString demarshal( TQDataStream &stream, const TQString &type )
         if ( (uint)type.find( '>', commaPos ) != type.length() - 1 )
             return result;
 
-        TQString keyType = type.mid( 5, commaPos - 5 );
+        TQString keyType = type.mid( 6, commaPos - 6 );
         TQString valueType = type.mid( commaPos + 1, type.length() - commaPos - 2 );
 
         TQ_UINT32 count;