diff --git a/src/lib/evas/canvas/evas_font_dir.c b/src/lib/evas/canvas/evas_font_dir.c
index 8e0692de87..2f4c8598ba 100644
--- a/src/lib/evas/canvas/evas_font_dir.c
+++ b/src/lib/evas/canvas/evas_font_dir.c
@@ -1246,7 +1246,7 @@ object_text_font_cache_dir_add(char *dir)
 	     char fname[4096], fdef[4096];
 
 	     /* read font alias lines */
-	     while (fscanf(f, "%4090s %[^\n]\n", fname, fdef) == 2)
+	     while (fscanf(f, "%4090s %4090[^\n]\n", fname, fdef) == 2)
 	       {
 		  Evas_Font_Alias *fa;