diff --git a/src/bin/e_ipc.c b/src/bin/e_ipc.c
index e786e265d..9dd02ed48 100644
--- a/src/bin/e_ipc.c
+++ b/src/bin/e_ipc.c
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ static Eina_Stringshare *_e_ipc_dir = NULL;
 EINTERN int
 e_ipc_init(void)
 {
-   char buf[4096], buf2[128], buf3[4096];
+   char buf[PATH_MAX], buf2[128], buf3[PATH_MAX + 20];
    char *tmp, *user, *base;
    int pid, trynum = 0, id1 = 0;
    struct stat st;