diff --git a/mplayer.c b/mplayer.c
index 6d2fd2084c..e97f0fbada 100644
--- a/mplayer.c
+++ b/mplayer.c
@@ -524,7 +524,7 @@ if ((conffile = get_path("")) == NULL) {
 void load_per_file_config (m_config_t* conf, const char *const file)
 {
     char *confpath;
-    char cfg[PATH_MAX];
+    char cfg[strlen(file)+10];
     struct stat st;
     char *name;