1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/networking/nc.c b/networking/nc.c
index 50edee450..13a9b48a8 100644
--- a/networking/nc.c
+++ b/networking/nc.c
@@ -239,6 +239,8 @@ int nc_main(int argc, char **argv)
         FD_SET(cfd, &readfds);
         FD_SET(STDIN_FILENO, &readfds);
 
+#define iobuf bb_common_bufsiz1
+        setup_common_bufsiz();
         for (;;) {
                 int fd;
                 int ofd;
@@ -249,7 +251,6 @@ int nc_main(int argc, char **argv)
                 if (select(cfd + 1, &testfds, NULL, NULL, NULL) < 0)
                         bb_perror_msg_and_die("select");
 
-#define iobuf bb_common_bufsiz1
                 fd = STDIN_FILENO;
                 while (1) {
                         if (FD_ISSET(fd, &testfds)) {