diff --git a/source/blender/editors/asset/intern/asset_list.cc b/source/blender/editors/asset/intern/asset_list.cc
index 17d9e134660..3a2b7d1755f 100644
--- a/source/blender/editors/asset/intern/asset_list.cc
+++ b/source/blender/editors/asset/intern/asset_list.cc
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ void AssetList::setup()
   const bool use_asset_indexer = !USER_EXPERIMENTAL_TEST(&U, no_asset_indexing);
   filelist_setindexer(files, use_asset_indexer ? &file_indexer_asset : &file_indexer_noop);
 
-  char path[FILE_MAXDIR] = "";
+  char path[FILE_MAX_LIBEXTRA] = "";
   if (!asset_lib_path.empty()) {
     STRNCPY(path, asset_lib_path.c_str());
   }