1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/libbb/xreadlink.c b/libbb/xreadlink.c
index 4d87b944d..98b795f56 100644
--- a/libbb/xreadlink.c
+++ b/libbb/xreadlink.c
@@ -18,7 +18,8 @@ char *xmalloc_readlink(const char *path)
         int bufsize = 0, readsize = 0;
 
         do {
-                buf = xrealloc(buf, bufsize += GROWBY);
+                bufsize += GROWBY;
+                buf = xrealloc(buf, bufsize);
                 readsize = readlink(path, buf, bufsize);
                 if (readsize == -1) {
                         free(buf);