1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/src/fnettrace/hostnames.c b/src/fnettrace/hostnames.c
index 733d13853..5422166e6 100644
--- a/src/fnettrace/hostnames.c
+++ b/src/fnettrace/hostnames.c
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 
 int geoip_calls = 0;
 static int geoip_not_found = 0;
+static char buf[MAXBUF];
 
 char *retrieve_hostname(uint32_t ip) {
         if (geoip_not_found)
@@ -37,7 +38,6 @@ char *retrieve_hostname(uint32_t ip) {
         FILE *fp = popen(cmd, "r");
         if (fp) {
                 char *ptr;
-                char buf[MAXBUF];
                  if (fgets(buf, MAXBUF, fp)) {
                         ptr = strchr(buf, '\n');
                         if (ptr)