--- buffer.c.orig	2003-09-16 13:45:48.000000000 -0400
+++ buffer.c	2003-09-16 13:50:49.000000000 -0400
@@ -69,6 +69,7 @@
 void *
 buffer_append_space(Buffer *buffer, u_int len)
 {
+	u_int newlen;
 	void *p;
 
 	if (len > 0x100000)
@@ -98,11 +99,13 @@
 		goto restart;
 	}
 	/* Increase the size of the buffer and retry. */
-	buffer->alloc += len + 32768;
-	if (buffer->alloc > 0xa00000)
+
+	newlen = buffer->alloc + len + 32768;
+	if (newlen > 0xa00000)
 		fatal("buffer_append_space: alloc %u not supported",
-		    buffer->alloc);
-	buffer->buf = xrealloc(buffer->buf, buffer->alloc);
+			newlen);
+	buffer->buf = xrealloc(buffer->buf, newlen);
+	buffer->alloc = newlen;
 	goto restart;
 	/* NOTREACHED */
 }