diff --git a/glib/gconvert.c b/glib/gconvert.c
index cb0dcaa01..e51537881 100644
--- a/glib/gconvert.c
+++ b/glib/gconvert.c
@@ -1420,7 +1420,7 @@ static const guchar acceptable[96] = {
   0x3F,0x3F,0x3F,0x3F,0x3F,0x3F,0x3F,0x3F,0x3F,0x3F,0x3F,0x20,0x20,0x20,0x3F,0x20
 };
 
-static const gchar hex[16] = "0123456789ABCDEF";
+static const gchar hex[] = "0123456789ABCDEF";
 
 /* Note: This escape function works on file: URIs, but if you want to
  * escape something else, please read RFC-2396 */