diff --git a/connectivity/source/drivers/flat/ETable.cxx b/connectivity/source/drivers/flat/ETable.cxx
index 73b4f04bf668..cbf2f1805be5 100644
--- a/connectivity/source/drivers/flat/ETable.cxx
+++ b/connectivity/source/drivers/flat/ETable.cxx
@@ -855,7 +855,7 @@ bool OFlatTable::readLine(sal_Int32 * const pEndPos, sal_Int32 * const pStartPos
     {
         if (pStartPos)
             *pStartPos = static_cast<sal_Int32>(m_pFileStream->Tell());
-        m_pFileStream->ReadByteStringLine(m_aCurrentLine, nEncoding);
+        m_pFileStream->ReadByteStringLine(m_aCurrentLine, nEncoding, 262144);
         if (m_pFileStream->eof())
             return false;