1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/sysklogd/syslogd.c b/sysklogd/syslogd.c
index 42426ed80..a533bce6b 100644
--- a/sysklogd/syslogd.c
+++ b/sysklogd/syslogd.c
@@ -660,7 +660,7 @@ extern int syslogd_main(int argc, char **argv)
                         if (optarg) {
                                 int buf_size = atoi(optarg);
                                 if (buf_size >= 4) {
-                                        shm_size = buf_size;
+                                        shm_size = buf_size * 1024;
                                 }
                         }
                         circular_logging = TRUE;