diff --git a/fs/proc/stat.c b/fs/proc/stat.c
index 1cffa2b8a2fcd5dc9a6b329ce29498ef9e24cab0..9758b654a1bcffe27c414ef322f34cd6a8658c33 100644
--- a/fs/proc/stat.c
+++ b/fs/proc/stat.c
@@ -138,9 +138,9 @@ static int stat_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
 	struct seq_file *m;
 	int res;
 
-	/* don't ask for more than the kmalloc() max size, currently 128 KB */
-	if (size > 128 * 1024)
-		size = 128 * 1024;
+	/* don't ask for more than the kmalloc() max size */
+	if (size > KMALLOC_MAX_SIZE)
+		size = KMALLOC_MAX_SIZE;
 	buf = kmalloc(size, GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!buf)
 		return -ENOMEM;