diff --git a/src/vol/namei_ops.c b/src/vol/namei_ops.c
index 19aea95d6f..aee57a3c3c 100644
--- a/src/vol/namei_ops.c
+++ b/src/vol/namei_ops.c
@@ -1317,7 +1317,7 @@ namei_copy_on_write(IHandle_t *h)
     if (afs_stat(name.n_path, &tstat) < 0)
 	return EIO;
     if (tstat.st_nlink > 1) {                   /* do a copy on write */
-	char path[259];
+	char path[NAMEI_PATH_LEN + 4];
 	char *buf;
 	afs_size_t size;
 	ssize_t tlen;
diff --git a/src/volser/vol_split.c b/src/volser/vol_split.c
index 29f5646684..fa42a7ca23 100644
--- a/src/volser/vol_split.c
+++ b/src/volser/vol_split.c
@@ -518,7 +518,7 @@ createMountpoint(Volume *vol, Volume *newvol, struct VnodeDiskObject *parent,
     AFSFid fid;
     struct timeval now;
     afs_uint32 newvN;
-    char symlink[32];
+    char symlink[VNAMESIZE + 1];
     ssize_t rc;
 
     FT_GetTimeOfDay(&now, 0);