diff --git a/cli.c b/cli.c
index 6e1d950392e6f564568f34c3f5be0dff568c0a41..27ab3cfc87aa5c6838d419add21670c1b2c98bcb 100644
--- a/cli.c
+++ b/cli.c
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ extern unsigned long global_fin, global_fout;
 AST_THREADSTORAGE(ast_cli_buf, ast_cli_buf_init);
 
 /*! \brief Initial buffer size for resulting strings in ast_cli() */
-#define AST_CLI_MAXSTRLEN   256
+#define AST_CLI_INITLEN   256
 
 void ast_cli(int fd, char *fmt, ...)
 {
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ void ast_cli(int fd, char *fmt, ...)
 	struct ast_dynamic_str *buf;
 	va_list ap;
 
-	if (!(buf = ast_dynamic_str_thread_get(&ast_cli_buf, AST_CLI_MAXSTRLEN)))
+	if (!(buf = ast_dynamic_str_thread_get(&ast_cli_buf, AST_CLI_INITLEN)))
 		return;
 
 	va_start(ap, fmt);