1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/hiredis.c b/hiredis.c
index 1a57adb..f1d0188 100644
--- a/hiredis.c
+++ b/hiredis.c
@@ -564,6 +564,7 @@ redisReader *redisReaderCreate(void) {
     r->errstr[0] = '\0';
     r->fn = &defaultFunctions;
     r->buf = sdsempty();
+    r->maxbuf = REDIS_READER_MAX_BUF;
     if (r->buf == NULL) {
         free(r);
         return NULL;
@@ -591,7 +592,7 @@ int redisReaderFeed(redisReader *r, const char *buf, size_t len) {
     /* Copy the provided buffer. */
     if (buf != NULL && len >= 1) {
         /* Destroy internal buffer when it is empty and is quite large. */
-        if (r->len == 0 && sdsavail(r->buf) > 16*1024) {
+        if (r->len == 0 && r->maxbuf != 0 && sdsavail(r->buf) > r->maxbuf) {
             sdsfree(r->buf);
             r->buf = sdsempty();
             r->pos = 0;