1 files changed, 4 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/miscutils/inotifyd.c b/miscutils/inotifyd.c
index 908d657fd..52db08ada 100644
--- a/miscutils/inotifyd.c
+++ b/miscutils/inotifyd.c
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@
 //usage:     "\nWhen x event happens for all FILEs, inotifyd exits."
 
 #include "libbb.h"
+#include "common_bufsiz.h"
 #include <sys/inotify.h>
 
 static const char mask_names[] ALIGN1 =
@@ -161,9 +162,10 @@ int inotifyd_main(int argc, char **argv)
 
                 // read out all pending events
                 // (NB: len must be int, not ssize_t or long!)
-                xioctl(pfd.fd, FIONREAD, &len);
 #define eventbuf bb_common_bufsiz1
-                ie = buf = (len <= sizeof(eventbuf)) ? eventbuf : xmalloc(len);
+                setup_common_bufsiz();
+                xioctl(pfd.fd, FIONREAD, &len);
+                ie = buf = (len <= COMMON_BUFSIZE) ? eventbuf : xmalloc(len);
                 len = full_read(pfd.fd, buf, len);
                 // process events. N.B. events may vary in length
                 while (len > 0) {