diff --git a/scripts/kconfig/confdata.c b/scripts/kconfig/confdata.c
index 5f87ad561b08..39e20974f4a3 100644
--- a/scripts/kconfig/confdata.c
+++ b/scripts/kconfig/confdata.c
@@ -720,7 +720,7 @@ int conf_write(const char *name)
 	struct menu *menu;
 	const char *basename;
 	const char *str;
-	char dirname[PATH_MAX+1], tmpname[PATH_MAX+1], newname[PATH_MAX+1];
+	char dirname[PATH_MAX+1], tmpname[PATH_MAX+22], newname[PATH_MAX+8];
 	char *env;
 
 	dirname[0] = 0;