diff --git a/common/xash3d_types.h b/common/xash3d_types.h
index adca2246..3cd1cfec 100644
--- a/common/xash3d_types.h
+++ b/common/xash3d_types.h
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ typedef uint64_t longtime_t;
 #define MAX_SERVERINFO_STRING	512	// server handles too many settings. expand to 1024?
 #define MAX_LOCALINFO_STRING	32768	// localinfo used on server and not sended to the clients
 #define MAX_SYSPATH		1024	// system filepath
+#define MAX_VA_STRING	1024	// string length returned by va()
 #define MAX_PRINT_MSG	8192	// how many symbols can handle single call of Con_Printf or Con_DPrintf
 #define MAX_TOKEN		2048	// parse token length
 #define MAX_MODS		512	// environment games that engine can keep visible
diff --git a/public/crtlib.c b/public/crtlib.c
index a0867558..2a67f476 100644
--- a/public/crtlib.c
+++ b/public/crtlib.c
@@ -631,7 +631,7 @@ of all text functions.
 char *va( const char *format, ... )
 {
 	va_list		argptr;
-	static char	string[16][1024], *s;
+	static char	string[16][MAX_VA_STRING], *s;
 	static int	stringindex = 0;
 
 	s = string[stringindex];