diff --git a/compat/mingw/compat-util.c b/compat/mingw/compat-util.c
index 9dffe592d49480..c6cd7ac9be5452 100644
--- a/compat/mingw/compat-util.c
+++ b/compat/mingw/compat-util.c
@@ -1427,7 +1427,7 @@ static const char *quote_arg_msys2(const char *arg)
 
 static const char *parse_interpreter(const char *cmd)
 {
-	static char buf[100];
+	static char buf[MAX_PATH];
 	char *p, *opt;
 	ssize_t n; /* read() can return negative values */
 	int fd;