diff --git a/support/kconfig/confdata.c b/support/kconfig/confdata.c
index 892da74fdc..9ab980edd8 100644
--- a/support/kconfig/confdata.c
+++ b/support/kconfig/confdata.c
@@ -744,7 +744,7 @@ int conf_write(const char *name)
 	struct menu *menu;
 	const char *basename;
 	const char *str;
-	char dirname[PATH_MAX+1], tmpname[PATH_MAX+1], newname[PATH_MAX+1];
+	char dirname[PATH_MAX+1], tmpname[PATH_MAX+20], newname[PATH_MAX+1];
 	char *env;
 
 	if (!name)
@@ -974,7 +974,7 @@ int conf_write_autoconf(void)
 	const char *name;
 	FILE *out, *tristate, *out_h;
 	int i;
-	char dir[PATH_MAX+1], buf[PATH_MAX+1];
+	char dir[PATH_MAX+1], buf[PATH_MAX+20];
 	char *s;
 
 	strcpy(dir, conf_get_configname());
diff --git a/support/kconfig/util.c b/support/kconfig/util.c
index 18a8e52391..8665f5bb89 100644
--- a/support/kconfig/util.c
+++ b/support/kconfig/util.c
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ struct file *file_lookup(const char *name)
 int file_write_dep(const char *name)
 {
 	char *str;
-	char buf[PATH_MAX+1], buf2[PATH_MAX+1], dir[PATH_MAX+1];
+	char buf[PATH_MAX+20], buf2[PATH_MAX+1], dir[PATH_MAX+1];
 	struct symbol *sym, *env_sym;
 	struct expr *e;
 	struct file *file;