diff --git a/Python/sysmodule.c b/Python/sysmodule.c
index 1a41d2fa71e..df9dfb1f0a0 100644
--- a/Python/sysmodule.c
+++ b/Python/sysmodule.c
@@ -1895,7 +1895,7 @@ sys_update_path(int argc, wchar_t **argv)
 #else /* All other filename syntaxes */
     if (_HAVE_SCRIPT_ARGUMENT(argc, argv)) {
 #if defined(HAVE_REALPATH)
-        if (_Py_wrealpath(argv0, fullpath, PATH_MAX)) {
+        if (_Py_wrealpath(argv0, fullpath, Py_ARRAY_LENGTH(fullpath))) {
             argv0 = fullpath;
         }
 #endif