diff --git a/src/legacy/getdtablesize.c b/src/legacy/getdtablesize.c
index 682da6d067583f4382d9b1f2accc8115e66af3ab..b30c1933a272d13b3d7918afd053dcd328d700c2 100644
--- a/src/legacy/getdtablesize.c
+++ b/src/legacy/getdtablesize.c
@@ -7,5 +7,5 @@ int getdtablesize(void)
 {
 	struct rlimit rl;
 	getrlimit(RLIMIT_NOFILE, &rl);
-	return rl.rlim_max < INT_MAX ? rl.rlim_max : INT_MAX;
+	return rl.rlim_cur < INT_MAX ? rl.rlim_cur : INT_MAX;
 }