diff --git a/src/bin/e_acpi.c b/src/bin/e_acpi.c
index 028f573d5..d2b86f5ab 100644
--- a/src/bin/e_acpi.c
+++ b/src/bin/e_acpi.c
@@ -345,8 +345,7 @@ _e_acpi_lid_status_get(const char *device, const char *bus)
      }
 
    /* read the line from state file */
-   buff[0] = '\0';
-   ret = fgets(buff, 1024, f);
+   ret = fgets(buff, sizeof(buff), f);
    fclose(f);
 
    /* parse out state file */