src/nnn.c | 4 ++--

diff --git a/src/nnn.c b/src/nnn.c
index ece9e63753aadd1e3453241db89ba29676f2c84d..3d2d46132b3f3cc1ad64acc49ac0fd7f810250e7 100644
--- a/src/nnn.c
+++ b/src/nnn.c
@@ -1491,10 +1491,10 @@ 	uint i;
 	const uint len = LEN(bindings);
 #ifdef LINUX_INOTIFY
 	struct inotify_event *event;
-	char *inotify_buf = alloca(EVENT_BUF_LEN);
+	char inotify_buf[EVENT_BUF_LEN];
 	memset((void *)inotify_buf, 0x0, EVENT_BUF_LEN);
 #elif defined(BSD_KQUEUE)
-	struct kevent *event_data = alloca(sizeof(struct kevent) * NUM_EVENT_SLOTS);
+	struct kevent event_data[NUM_EVENT_SLOTS];
 	memset((void *)event_data, 0x0, sizeof(struct kevent) * NUM_EVENT_SLOTS);
 #endif