diff --git a/fs/exec.c b/fs/exec.c
index bf0ace3841ad..2e0033348d8e 100644
--- a/fs/exec.c
+++ b/fs/exec.c
@@ -1563,7 +1563,7 @@ static void bprm_fill_uid(struct linux_binprm *bprm)
 
 /*
  * Fill the binprm structure from the inode.
- * Check permissions, then read the first 128 (BINPRM_BUF_SIZE) bytes
+ * Check permissions, then read the first BINPRM_BUF_SIZE bytes
  *
  * This may be called multiple times for binary chains (scripts for example).
  */
diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/binfmts.h b/include/uapi/linux/binfmts.h
index 4abad03a8853..689025d9c185 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/binfmts.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/binfmts.h
@@ -16,6 +16,6 @@ struct pt_regs;
 #define MAX_ARG_STRINGS 0x7FFFFFFF
 
 /* sizeof(linux_binprm->buf) */
-#define BINPRM_BUF_SIZE 128
+#define BINPRM_BUF_SIZE 256
 
 #endif /* _UAPI_LINUX_BINFMTS_H */