diff --git a/bisect.c b/bisect.c
index 30808cadf7613d..21c3e34636a79b 100644
--- a/bisect.c
+++ b/bisect.c
@@ -682,7 +682,7 @@ static int is_expected_rev(const struct object_id *oid)
 
 static int bisect_checkout(const unsigned char *bisect_rev, int no_checkout)
 {
-	char bisect_rev_hex[GIT_SHA1_HEXSZ + 1];
+	char bisect_rev_hex[GIT_MAX_HEXSZ + 1];
 
 	memcpy(bisect_rev_hex, sha1_to_hex(bisect_rev), GIT_SHA1_HEXSZ + 1);
 	update_ref(NULL, "BISECT_EXPECTED_REV", bisect_rev, NULL, 0, UPDATE_REFS_DIE_ON_ERR);
diff --git a/builtin/blame.c b/builtin/blame.c
index f7aa95f4babaab..07506a3e457d15 100644
--- a/builtin/blame.c
+++ b/builtin/blame.c
@@ -1890,7 +1890,7 @@ static void emit_porcelain(struct scoreboard *sb, struct blame_entry *ent,
 	int cnt;
 	const char *cp;
 	struct origin *suspect = ent->suspect;
-	char hex[GIT_SHA1_HEXSZ + 1];
+	char hex[GIT_MAX_HEXSZ + 1];
 
 	oid_to_hex_r(hex, &suspect->commit->object.oid);
 	printf("%s %d %d %d\n",
@@ -1928,7 +1928,7 @@ static void emit_other(struct scoreboard *sb, struct blame_entry *ent, int opt)
 	const char *cp;
 	struct origin *suspect = ent->suspect;
 	struct commit_info ci;
-	char hex[GIT_SHA1_HEXSZ + 1];
+	char hex[GIT_MAX_HEXSZ + 1];
 	int show_raw_time = !!(opt & OUTPUT_RAW_TIMESTAMP);
 
 	get_commit_info(suspect->commit, &ci, 1);
diff --git a/builtin/merge-index.c b/builtin/merge-index.c
index 2d1b6db6bd7a33..c99443b095bd8a 100644
--- a/builtin/merge-index.c
+++ b/builtin/merge-index.c
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ static int merge_entry(int pos, const char *path)
 {
 	int found;
 	const char *arguments[] = { pgm, "", "", "", path, "", "", "", NULL };
-	char hexbuf[4][GIT_SHA1_HEXSZ + 1];
+	char hexbuf[4][GIT_MAX_HEXSZ + 1];
 	char ownbuf[4][60];
 
 	if (pos >= active_nr)
diff --git a/builtin/merge.c b/builtin/merge.c
index 7554b8d4127ada..a2cceea3fb0f45 100644
--- a/builtin/merge.c
+++ b/builtin/merge.c
@@ -1296,7 +1296,7 @@ int cmd_merge(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 	if (verify_signatures) {
 		for (p = remoteheads; p; p = p->next) {
 			struct commit *commit = p->item;
-			char hex[GIT_SHA1_HEXSZ + 1];
+			char hex[GIT_MAX_HEXSZ + 1];
 			struct signature_check signature_check;
 			memset(&signature_check, 0, sizeof(signature_check));
 
diff --git a/builtin/rev-list.c b/builtin/rev-list.c
index 0aa93d58919742..bcf77f0b8a2012 100644
--- a/builtin/rev-list.c
+++ b/builtin/rev-list.c
@@ -212,7 +212,7 @@ static void print_var_int(const char *var, int val)
 static int show_bisect_vars(struct rev_list_info *info, int reaches, int all)
 {
 	int cnt, flags = info->flags;
-	char hex[GIT_SHA1_HEXSZ + 1] = "";
+	char hex[GIT_MAX_HEXSZ + 1] = "";
 	struct commit_list *tried;
 	struct rev_info *revs = info->revs;
 
diff --git a/diff.c b/diff.c
index a628ac3a95108c..330b640c684cf8 100644
--- a/diff.c
+++ b/diff.c
@@ -398,7 +398,7 @@ static struct diff_tempfile {
 	 */
 	const char *name;
 
-	char hex[GIT_SHA1_HEXSZ + 1];
+	char hex[GIT_MAX_HEXSZ + 1];
 	char mode[10];
 
 	/*
@@ -4219,7 +4219,7 @@ const char *diff_aligned_abbrev(const struct object_id *oid, int len)
 	 * uniqueness across all objects (statistically speaking).
 	 */
 	if (abblen < GIT_SHA1_HEXSZ - 3) {
-		static char hex[GIT_SHA1_HEXSZ + 1];
+		static char hex[GIT_MAX_HEXSZ + 1];
 		if (len < abblen && abblen <= len + 2)
 			xsnprintf(hex, sizeof(hex), "%s%.*s", abbrev, len+3-abblen, "..");
 		else
diff --git a/hex.c b/hex.c
index eab7b626ee0c36..28b44118cbf2c7 100644
--- a/hex.c
+++ b/hex.c
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ char *oid_to_hex_r(char *buffer, const struct object_id *oid)
 char *sha1_to_hex(const unsigned char *sha1)
 {
 	static int bufno;
-	static char hexbuffer[4][GIT_SHA1_HEXSZ + 1];
+	static char hexbuffer[4][GIT_MAX_HEXSZ + 1];
 	bufno = (bufno + 1) % ARRAY_SIZE(hexbuffer);
 	return sha1_to_hex_r(hexbuffer[bufno], sha1);
 }
diff --git a/sha1_file.c b/sha1_file.c
index 71063890ffe9cf..e763000d34e479 100644
--- a/sha1_file.c
+++ b/sha1_file.c
@@ -3759,7 +3759,7 @@ static int for_each_file_in_obj_subdir(int subdir_nr,
 		strbuf_addf(path, "/%s", de->d_name);
 
 		if (strlen(de->d_name) == GIT_SHA1_HEXSZ - 2)  {
-			char hex[GIT_SHA1_HEXSZ+1];
+			char hex[GIT_MAX_HEXSZ+1];
 			struct object_id oid;
 
 			snprintf(hex, sizeof(hex), "%02x%s",
diff --git a/sha1_name.c b/sha1_name.c
index cda9e49b12e712..964201bc26d48b 100644
--- a/sha1_name.c
+++ b/sha1_name.c
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ typedef int (*disambiguate_hint_fn)(const unsigned char *, void *);
 
 struct disambiguate_state {
 	int len; /* length of prefix in hex chars */
-	char hex_pfx[GIT_SHA1_HEXSZ + 1];
+	char hex_pfx[GIT_MAX_HEXSZ + 1];
 	unsigned char bin_pfx[GIT_SHA1_RAWSZ];
 
 	disambiguate_hint_fn fn;
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ static void update_candidates(struct disambiguate_state *ds, const unsigned char
 static void find_short_object_filename(struct disambiguate_state *ds)
 {
 	struct alternate_object_database *alt;
-	char hex[GIT_SHA1_HEXSZ];
+	char hex[GIT_MAX_HEXSZ];
 	static struct alternate_object_database *fakeent;
 
 	if (!fakeent) {
@@ -509,7 +509,7 @@ int find_unique_abbrev_r(char *hex, const unsigned char *sha1, int len)
 const char *find_unique_abbrev(const unsigned char *sha1, int len)
 {
 	static int bufno;
-	static char hexbuffer[4][GIT_SHA1_HEXSZ + 1];
+	static char hexbuffer[4][GIT_MAX_HEXSZ + 1];
 	char *hex = hexbuffer[bufno];
 	bufno = (bufno + 1) % ARRAY_SIZE(hexbuffer);
 	find_unique_abbrev_r(hex, sha1, len);
diff --git a/transport.c b/transport.c
index 417ed7f19f5fce..8a90b0c29b1557 100644
--- a/transport.c
+++ b/transport.c
@@ -447,7 +447,7 @@ static int print_one_push_status(struct ref *ref, const char *dest, int count,
 
 static int measure_abbrev(const struct object_id *oid, int sofar)
 {
-	char hex[GIT_SHA1_HEXSZ + 1];
+	char hex[GIT_MAX_HEXSZ + 1];
 	int w = find_unique_abbrev_r(hex, oid->hash, DEFAULT_ABBREV);
 
 	return (w < sofar) ? sofar : w;