diff --git a/src/acl.c b/src/acl.c
index 54c4e15..8ec046f 100644
--- a/src/acl.c
+++ b/src/acl.c
@@ -1271,7 +1271,7 @@
 	opaque = 0;
 	pattern = NULL;
 	args[1] = "";
-	while (fgets(trash, sizeof(trash), file) != NULL) {
+	while (fgets(trash, trashlen, file) != NULL) {
 		line++;
 		c = trash;