diff --git a/tools/power/x86/turbostat/turbostat.c b/tools/power/x86/turbostat/turbostat.c
index fbb53c952b739d2a04531096b2a3686f64826ec2..71cf7e77291ad0814353bd244c6eb6ff335b127d 100644
--- a/tools/power/x86/turbostat/turbostat.c
+++ b/tools/power/x86/turbostat/turbostat.c
@@ -4953,7 +4953,7 @@ int initialize_counters(int cpu_id)
 
 void allocate_output_buffer()
 {
-	output_buffer = calloc(1, (1 + topo.num_cpus) * 1024);
+	output_buffer = calloc(1, (1 + topo.num_cpus) * 2048);
 	outp = output_buffer;
 	if (outp == NULL)
 		err(-1, "calloc output buffer");