diff --git a/src/client/demo.c b/src/client/demo.c
index c840a1e10..0d2dcd0f1 100644
--- a/src/client/demo.c
+++ b/src/client/demo.c
@@ -904,7 +904,7 @@ void CL_EmitDemoSnapshot(void)
         if (!strcmp(from, to))
             continue;
 
-        len = Q_strnlen(to, MAX_QPATH);
+        len = Q_strnlen(to, CS_MAX_STRING_LENGTH);
         q2proto_svc_message_t message = {.type = Q2P_SVC_CONFIGSTRING};
         message.configstring.index = i;
         message.configstring.value.str = to;