diff --git a/src/misc1.c b/src/misc1.c
index aacf610ad8..fa1e049d31 100644
--- a/src/misc1.c
+++ b/src/misc1.c
@@ -9940,8 +9940,9 @@ dos_expandpath(
 	    return 0;
     }
 
-    /* make room for file name */
-    buf = alloc((int)STRLEN(path) + BASENAMELEN + 5);
+    /* Make room for file name.  When doing encoding conversion the actual
+     * length may be quite a bit longer, thus use the maximum possible length. */
+    buf = alloc((int)MAXPATHL);
     if (buf == NULL)
 	return 0;
 
diff --git a/src/version.c b/src/version.c
index 410ce8f374..d6fc7d45e7 100644
--- a/src/version.c
+++ b/src/version.c
@@ -741,6 +741,8 @@ static char *(features[]) =
 
 static int included_patches[] =
 {   /* Add new patch number below this line */
+/**/
+    903,
 /**/
     902,
 /**/