diff --git a/lib/libprocstat/libprocstat.c b/lib/libprocstat/libprocstat.c
index e5481c53eea..84502bb895b 100644
--- a/lib/libprocstat/libprocstat.c
+++ b/lib/libprocstat/libprocstat.c
@@ -2392,7 +2392,7 @@ is_elf32_sysctl(pid_t pid)
 {
 	int error, name[4];
 	size_t len, i;
-	static char sv_name[256];
+	char sv_name[32];
 
 	name[0] = CTL_KERN;
 	name[1] = KERN_PROC;