1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/tools/perf/util/thread_map.c b/tools/perf/util/thread_map.c
index f9eab200fd75..7c3fcc538a70 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/thread_map.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/thread_map.c
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ struct thread_map *thread_map__new_by_uid(uid_t uid)
 {
         DIR *proc;
         int max_threads = 32, items, i;
-        char path[256];
+        char path[NAME_MAX + 1 + 6];
         struct dirent *dirent, **namelist = NULL;
         struct thread_map *threads = thread_map__alloc(max_threads);