diff --git a/lib/std/tar.zig b/lib/std/tar.zig
index a2243849258b29912011f7145909770622a2ea91..dbdb606cb54c81b23a15f267369fae93d873b84a 100644
--- a/lib/std/tar.zig
+++ b/lib/std/tar.zig
@@ -247,8 +247,8 @@ fn Iterator(comptime ReaderType: type) type {
 
         // buffers for heeader and file attributes
         header_buffer: [Header.SIZE]u8 = undefined,
-        file_name_buffer: [std.fs.MAX_PATH_BYTES]u8 = undefined,
-        link_name_buffer: [std.fs.MAX_PATH_BYTES]u8 = undefined,
+        file_name_buffer: [1024]u8 = undefined,
+        link_name_buffer: [1024]u8 = undefined,
 
         // bytes of padding to the end of the block
         padding: usize = 0,