diff --git a/net/iucv/af_iucv.c b/net/iucv/af_iucv.c
index a95af62acb529..d805720746672 100644
--- a/net/iucv/af_iucv.c
+++ b/net/iucv/af_iucv.c
@@ -588,11 +588,11 @@ static int iucv_sock_bind(struct socket *sock, struct sockaddr *addr,
 			  int addr_len)
 {
 	struct sockaddr_iucv *sa = (struct sockaddr_iucv *) addr;
+	char uid[sizeof(sa->siucv_user_id)];
 	struct sock *sk = sock->sk;
 	struct iucv_sock *iucv;
 	int err = 0;
 	struct net_device *dev;
-	char uid[9];
 
 	/* Verify the input sockaddr */
 	if (addr_len < sizeof(struct sockaddr_iucv) ||