diff --git a/src/cond.c b/src/cond.c
index 38c62348..842d50e0 100644
--- a/src/cond.c
+++ b/src/cond.c
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ enum cond_state cond_get_agg(const char *names)
 {
 	char *cond;
 	enum cond_state s = COND_ON;
-	static char conds[MAX_ARG_LEN];
+	static char conds[MAX_COND_LEN];
 
 	if (!names)
 		return COND_ON;
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ enum cond_state cond_get_agg(const char *names)
 int cond_affects(const char *name, const char *names)
 {
 	char *cond;
-	static char conds[MAX_ARG_LEN];
+	static char conds[MAX_COND_LEN];
 
 	if (!name || !names)
 		return 0;
diff --git a/src/initctl.c b/src/initctl.c
index abb76fb4..eaf23e78 100644
--- a/src/initctl.c
+++ b/src/initctl.c
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ static int do_restart(char *arg) { return do_startstop(INIT_CMD_RESTART_SVC, arg
 
 static void show_cond_one(const char *_conds)
 {
-	static char conds[MAX_ARG_LEN];
+	static char conds[MAX_COND_LEN];
 	char *cond;
 
 	strlcpy(conds, _conds, sizeof(conds));