diff --git a/ksysguard/ksysguardd/Linux/cpuinfo.c b/ksysguard/ksysguardd/Linux/cpuinfo.c

index 9427ec0..6e37b68 100644

--- a/ksysguard/ksysguardd/Linux/cpuinfo.c

+++ b/ksysguard/ksysguardd/Linux/cpuinfo.c

@@ -40,8 +40,9 @@ static int numCores = 0; /* Total # of cores */

 static int HighNumCores = 0; /* Highest # of cores ever seen */

 static float* Clocks = 0; /* Array with one entry per core */

-#define CPUINFOBUFSIZE (32 * 1024)

-static char CpuInfoBuf[ CPUINFOBUFSIZE ];

+/* Enough for 4-6 virtual cores. Larger values will be tried as needed. */

+static size_t CpuInfoBufSize = 8 * 1024;

+static char* CpuInfoBuf = NULL;

 static int Dirty = 0;

 static struct SensorModul *CpuInfoSM;

@@ -171,9 +172,12 @@ int updateCpuInfo( void )

         return -1;

     }

+    if ( CpuInfoBuf == NULL ) {

+        CpuInfoBuf = malloc( CpuInfoBufSize );

+    }

     n = 0;

     for(;;) {

-        ssize_t len = read( fd, CpuInfoBuf + n, CPUINFOBUFSIZE - 1 - n );

+        ssize_t len = read( fd, CpuInfoBuf + n, CpuInfoBufSize - 1 - n );

         if( len < 0 ) {

             print_error( "Failed to read file \'/proc/cpuinfo\'!\n" );

             CpuInfoOK = -1;

@@ -183,11 +187,14 @@ int updateCpuInfo( void )

         n += len;

         if( len == 0 ) /* reading finished */

             break;

-        if( n == CPUINFOBUFSIZE - 1 ) {

-            log_error( "Internal buffer too small to read \'/proc/cpuinfo\'" );

-            CpuInfoOK = 0;

-            close( fd );

-            return -1;

+        if( n == CpuInfoBufSize - 1 ) {

+            /* The buffer was too small. Double its size and keep going. */

+            size_t new_size = CpuInfoBufSize * 2;

+            char* new_buffer = malloc( new_size );

+            memcpy( new_buffer, CpuInfoBuf, n ); /* copy read data */

+            free( CpuInfoBuf ); /* free old buffer */

+            CpuInfoBuf = new_buffer; /* remember new buffer and size */

+            CpuInfoBufSize = new_size;

         }

     }