diff --git a/netutils/webserver/httpd_dirlist.c b/netutils/webserver/httpd_dirlist.c
index a20ab7e90..fde1190b7 100644
--- a/netutils/webserver/httpd_dirlist.c
+++ b/netutils/webserver/httpd_dirlist.c
@@ -193,11 +193,8 @@ ssize_t httpd_dirlist(int outfd, FAR struct httpd_fs_file *file)
           break;
         }
 
-      path = malloc(CONFIG_NAME_MAX);
-      ASSERT(path);
-
-      snprintf(path, CONFIG_NAME_MAX, "%s/%s",
-               file->path, dent->d_name);
+      ret = asprintf(&path, "%s/%s", file->path, dent->d_name);
+      ASSERT(ret > 0 && path);
 
       /* call stat() to obtain modified time and size */