1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/findutils/xargs.c b/findutils/xargs.c
index 25a785336..9ee5833e5 100644
--- a/findutils/xargs.c
+++ b/findutils/xargs.c
@@ -454,7 +454,7 @@ int xargs_main(int argc, char **argv)
         if (opt & OPT_UPTO_SIZE) {
                 int i;
                 size_t n_chars = 0;
-                n_max_chars = xatoul_range(max_chars, 1, n_max_chars);
+                n_max_chars = xatoul_range(max_chars, 1, INT_MAX);
                 for (i = 0; argv[i]; i++) {
                         n_chars += strlen(argv[i]) + 1;
                 }