diff --git a/arch/powerpc/xmon/xmon.c b/arch/powerpc/xmon/xmon.c
index e34d7809f6c9..bd8e80936f44 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/xmon/xmon.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/xmon/xmon.c
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ static unsigned long ndump = 64;
 static unsigned long nidump = 16;
 static unsigned long ncsum = 4096;
 static int termch;
-static char tmpstr[128];
+static char tmpstr[KSYM_NAME_LEN];
 static int tracing_enabled;
 
 static long bus_error_jmp[JMP_BUF_LEN];