diff --git a/fs/exec.c b/fs/exec.c
index 6348d79..da2b31d 100644
--- a/fs/exec.c
+++ b/fs/exec.c
@@ -556,8 +556,6 @@
 	return 0;
 }
 
-#define EXTRA_STACK_VM_PAGES	20	/* random */
-
 /*
  * Finalizes the stack vm_area_struct. The flags and permissions are updated,
  * the stack is optionally relocated, and some extra space is added.
@@ -632,7 +630,7 @@
 			goto out_unlock;
 	}
 
-	stack_expand = EXTRA_STACK_VM_PAGES * PAGE_SIZE;
+	stack_expand = 131072UL; /* randomly 32*4k (or 2*64k) pages */
 	stack_size = vma->vm_end - vma->vm_start;
 	/*
 	 * Align this down to a page boundary as expand_stack