1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/findutils/xargs.c b/findutils/xargs.c
index 4ca95639a..3ff80836c 100644
--- a/findutils/xargs.c
+++ b/findutils/xargs.c
@@ -410,7 +410,8 @@ int xargs_main(int argc, char **argv)
         orig_arg_max = ARG_MAX;
         if (orig_arg_max == -1)
                 orig_arg_max = LONG_MAX;
-        orig_arg_max -= 2048;   /* POSIX.2 requires subtracting 2048 */
+        if (orig_arg_max > 2048)
+                orig_arg_max -= 2048;   /* POSIX.2 requires subtracting 2048 */
 
         if (opt & OPT_UPTO_SIZE) {
                 n_max_chars = xatoul_range(max_chars, 1, orig_arg_max);