1 files changed, 3 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/debianutils/readlink.c b/debianutils/readlink.c
index 83abdbfa6..8495ee532 100644
--- a/debianutils/readlink.c
+++ b/debianutils/readlink.c
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ int readlink_main(int argc, char **argv)
                         bb_show_usage();
 
         if (opt & READLINK_FLAG_f)
-                buf = realpath(argv[optind], NULL);
+                buf = realpath(argv[optind], bb_common_bufsiz1);
         else
                 buf = xreadlink(argv[ENABLE_FEATURE_READLINK_FOLLOW ? optind : 1]);
 
@@ -33,7 +33,8 @@ int readlink_main(int argc, char **argv)
                 return EXIT_FAILURE;
         puts(buf);
 
-        if (ENABLE_FEATURE_CLEAN_UP) free(buf);
+        if (ENABLE_FEATURE_CLEAN_UP && buf != bb_common_bufsiz1)
+                free(buf);
 
         return EXIT_SUCCESS;
 }