diff --git a/libmpdemux/mf.c b/libmpdemux/mf.c
index c8d64313b0..3127176f6e 100644
--- a/libmpdemux/mf.c
+++ b/libmpdemux/mf.c
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 #include <unistd.h>
 #include <fcntl.h>
 #include <errno.h>
+#include <limits.h>
 #include <sys/types.h>
 #include <sys/stat.h>
 
@@ -62,8 +63,8 @@ mf_t* open_mf(char * filename){
    FILE *lst_f=fopen(filename + 1,"r");
    if ( lst_f )
     {
-     fname=malloc( 255 );
-     while ( fgets( fname,255,lst_f ) )
+     fname=malloc(PATH_MAX);
+     while ( fgets( fname,PATH_MAX,lst_f ) )
       {
        /* remove spaces from end of fname */
        char *t=fname + strlen( fname ) - 1;