diff --git a/crypto/asn1/a_sign.c b/crypto/asn1/a_sign.c
index 57107241717fbd..460b0a64a45133 100644
--- a/crypto/asn1/a_sign.c
+++ b/crypto/asn1/a_sign.c
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ int ASN1_item_sign_ex(const ASN1_ITEM *it, X509_ALGOR *algor1,
                       EVP_PKEY *pkey, const EVP_MD *md, OSSL_LIB_CTX *libctx,
                       const char *propq)
 {
-    char name[80];
+    char name[OSSL_MAX_NAME_SIZE];
     int rv = 0;
     EVP_MD_CTX *ctx;