diff --git a/xfce4-settings-manager/xfce-settings-manager-dialog.c b/xfce4-settings-manager/xfce-settings-manager-dialog.c
index 90d34c8..12bccfa 100644
--- a/xfce4-settings-manager/xfce-settings-manager-dialog.c
+++ b/xfce4-settings-manager/xfce-settings-manager-dialog.c
@@ -384,7 +384,7 @@ xfce_settings_manager_dialog_sort_icons(GtkTreeModel *model,
 static void
 xfce_settings_manager_dialog_create_liststore(XfceSettingsManagerDialog *dialog)
 {
-    gchar **dirs, buf[PATH_MAX];
+    gchar **dirs, *buf;
     gint i, icon_size;
     GList *dialog_name_list = NULL;
 
@@ -424,10 +424,16 @@ xfce_settings_manager_dialog_create_liststore(XfceSettingsManagerDialog *dialog)
             if(!g_str_has_suffix(file, ".desktop"))
                 continue;
 
-            g_snprintf(buf, sizeof(buf), "%s/%s", dirs[i], file);
+            buf = g_strdup_printf("%s/%s", dirs[i], file);
+            if(!buf)
+                continue;
+
             rcfile = xfce_rc_simple_open(buf, TRUE);
-            if(!rcfile)
+            if(!rcfile) {
+                g_free(buf);
                 continue;
+            }
+            g_free(buf);
 
             if(!xfce_rc_has_group(rcfile, "Desktop Entry")) {
                 xfce_rc_close(rcfile);