2 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/src/libutil/hash.cc b/src/libutil/hash.cc
index 599d375dca2f..cd7043090ec7 100644
--- a/src/libutil/hash.cc
+++ b/src/libutil/hash.cc
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ Hash::Hash(HashType type)
     else if (type == htSHA1) hashSize = sha1HashSize;
     else if (type == htSHA256) hashSize = sha256HashSize;
     else throw Error("unknown hash type");
+    assert(hashSize <= maxHashSize);
     memset(hash, 0, hashSize);
 }
 
diff --git a/src/libutil/hash.hh b/src/libutil/hash.hh
index d82cd87a2166..4490d2ff7ace 100644
--- a/src/libutil/hash.hh
+++ b/src/libutil/hash.hh
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ const int sha256HashSize = 32;
 
 struct Hash
 {
-    static const unsigned int maxHashSize = 20;
+    static const unsigned int maxHashSize = 32;
     unsigned int hashSize;
     unsigned char hash[maxHashSize];