diff --git a/lalapps/src/inspiral/posterior/LALInferenceKombine.c b/lalapps/src/inspiral/posterior/LALInferenceKombine.c
index 76ac2bf49bc23c486d6d403c3f79be63c7631fb6..6be977619d9becf2abf9ee4306c769c970624d87 100644
--- a/lalapps/src/inspiral/posterior/LALInferenceKombine.c
+++ b/lalapps/src/inspiral/posterior/LALInferenceKombine.c
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ INT4 on_your_marks(LALInferenceRunState *run_state) {
         char *infile = ppt->value;
         FILE *input = fopen(infile, "r");
 
-        char params[128][128];
+        char params[128][VARNAME_MAX];
         INT4 *col_order = XLALCalloc(ndim, sizeof(INT4));
         INT4 ncols;