diff --git a/src/cli.c b/src/cli.c
index b546fd02b..9c7794945 100644
--- a/src/cli.c
+++ b/src/cli.c
@@ -1354,7 +1354,7 @@ static int _getsocks(char **args, struct appctx *appctx, void *private)
 	/* We will send sockets MAX_SEND_FD per MAX_SEND_FD, allocate a
 	 * buffer big enough to store the socket informations.
 	 */
-	tmpbuf = malloc(MAX_SEND_FD * (1 + NAME_MAX + 1 + IFNAMSIZ + sizeof(int)));
+	tmpbuf = malloc(MAX_SEND_FD * (1 + MAXPATHLEN + 1 + IFNAMSIZ + sizeof(int)));
 	if (tmpbuf == NULL) {
 		Warning("Failed to allocate memory to transfer socket informations\n");
 		goto out;
diff --git a/src/haproxy.c b/src/haproxy.c
index d3db264ee..68b5e427b 100644
--- a/src/haproxy.c
+++ b/src/haproxy.c
@@ -968,7 +968,7 @@ static int get_old_sockets(const char *unixsocket)
 		ret = 0;
 		goto out;
 	}
-	tmpbuf = malloc(fd_nb * (1 + NAME_MAX + 1 + IFNAMSIZ + sizeof(int)));
+	tmpbuf = malloc(fd_nb * (1 + MAXPATHLEN + 1 + IFNAMSIZ + sizeof(int)));
 	if (tmpbuf == NULL) {
 		Warning("Failed to allocate memory while receiving sockets\n");
 		goto out;
@@ -980,7 +980,7 @@ static int get_old_sockets(const char *unixsocket)
 	}
 	msghdr.msg_control = cmsgbuf;
 	msghdr.msg_controllen = CMSG_SPACE(sizeof(int)) * MAX_SEND_FD;
-	iov.iov_len = MAX_SEND_FD * (1 + NAME_MAX + 1 + IFNAMSIZ + sizeof(int));
+	iov.iov_len = MAX_SEND_FD * (1 + MAXPATHLEN + 1 + IFNAMSIZ + sizeof(int));
 	do {
 		int ret3;