diff --git a/src/redis-check-aof.c b/src/redis-check-aof.c
index 54ed85f0d..eedb09db5 100644
--- a/src/redis-check-aof.c
+++ b/src/redis-check-aof.c
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
     snprintf(error, sizeof(error), "0x%16llx: %s", (long long)epos, __buf); \
 }
 
-static char error[1024];
+static char error[1044];
 static off_t epos;
 
 int consumeNewline(char *buf) {