1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/hex.c b/hex.c
index 9ebc050637..cfd9d722fd 100644
--- a/hex.c
+++ b/hex.c
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ int get_sha1_hex(const char *hex, unsigned char *sha1)
 char *sha1_to_hex(const unsigned char *sha1)
 {
 	static int bufno;
-	static char hexbuffer[4][50];
+	static char hexbuffer[4][41];
 	static const char hex[] = "0123456789abcdef";
 	char *buffer = hexbuffer[3 & ++bufno], *buf = buffer;
 	int i;