1 files changed, 3 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/lib/fts.c b/lib/fts.c
index d119541ef..ed09697e0 100644
--- a/lib/fts.c
+++ b/lib/fts.c
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 /* Traverse a file hierarchy.
 
-   Copyright (C) 2004, 2005 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+   Copyright (C) 2004, 2005, 2006 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 
    This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
    it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
@@ -241,7 +241,8 @@ fts_open (char * const *argv,
 #ifndef MAXPATHLEN
 # define MAXPATHLEN 1024
 #endif
-	if (! fts_palloc(sp, MAX(fts_maxarglen(argv), MAXPATHLEN)))
+	size_t maxarglen = fts_maxarglen(argv);
+	if (! fts_palloc(sp, MAX(maxarglen, MAXPATHLEN)))
 		goto mem1;
 
 	/* Allocate/initialize root's parent. */