diff --git a/src/shared/format-table.c b/src/shared/format-table.c
index 1c28fa73fa..40996122bd 100644
--- a/src/shared/format-table.c
+++ b/src/shared/format-table.c
@@ -1441,7 +1441,7 @@ static const char *table_data_format(Table *t, TableData *d, bool avoid_uppercas
                 _cleanup_free_ char *p = NULL;
                 char *ret;
 
-                p = new(char, FORMAT_TIMESTAMP_MAX);
+                p = new(char, d->type == TABLE_TIMESTAMP_RELATIVE ? FORMAT_TIMESTAMP_RELATIVE_MAX : FORMAT_TIMESTAMP_MAX);
                 if (!p)
                         return NULL;
 
@@ -1450,7 +1450,7 @@ static const char *table_data_format(Table *t, TableData *d, bool avoid_uppercas
                 else if (d->type == TABLE_TIMESTAMP_UTC)
                         ret = format_timestamp_style(p, FORMAT_TIMESTAMP_MAX, d->timestamp, TIMESTAMP_UTC);
                 else
-                        ret = format_timestamp_relative(p, FORMAT_TIMESTAMP_MAX, d->timestamp);
+                        ret = format_timestamp_relative(p, FORMAT_TIMESTAMP_RELATIVE_MAX, d->timestamp);
                 if (!ret)
                         return "n/a";