diff --git a/scripts/kconfig/preprocess.c b/scripts/kconfig/preprocess.c
index 0590f86df6e40..748da578b418c 100644
--- a/scripts/kconfig/preprocess.c
+++ b/scripts/kconfig/preprocess.c
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ static char *do_lineno(int argc, char *argv[])
 static char *do_shell(int argc, char *argv[])
 {
 	FILE *p;
-	char buf[256];
+	char buf[4096];
 	char *cmd;
 	size_t nread;
 	int i;