diff --git a/src/bin/embryo/embryo_cc_sc2.c b/src/bin/embryo/embryo_cc_sc2.c
index c416ad1d15..2bd34b8f71 100644
--- a/src/bin/embryo/embryo_cc_sc2.c
+++ b/src/bin/embryo/embryo_cc_sc2.c
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ plungefile(char *name, int try_currentpath, int try_includepaths)
      {
 	for (i = 0; !result && (ptr = get_path(i)); i++)
 	  {
-	     char                path[PATH_MAX];
+	     char                path[PATH_MAX + PATH_MAX + 128];
 
              snprintf(path, sizeof (path), "%s/%s", ptr, name);
 	     path[sizeof path - 1] = '\0';	/* force '\0' termination */