1 files changed, 3 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/src/print.c b/src/print.c
index 32ee03050b3..2d1f13aadd5 100644
--- a/src/print.c
+++ b/src/print.c
@@ -316,9 +316,9 @@ printchar (ch, fun)
     call1 (fun, make_number (ch));
   else
     {
-      unsigned char work[4], *str;
-      int len = CHAR_STRING (ch, work, str);
-    
+      unsigned char str[MAX_MULTIBYTE_LENGTH];
+      int len = CHAR_STRING (ch, str);
+
       QUIT;
       
       if (NILP (fun))