diff --git a/armsrc/appmain.c b/armsrc/appmain.c
index afa822c7f..80eb673f2 100644
--- a/armsrc/appmain.c
+++ b/armsrc/appmain.c
@@ -361,9 +361,10 @@ static void SendStatus(void) {
 #endif
     printConnSpeed();
     DbpString(_CYAN_("Various"));
+    // pointer arithmetic is times 4. (two shifts to the left)
     for (uint32_t *p = &_stack_start; ; ++p) {
         if (*p != 0xdeadbeef) {
-            Dbprintf("  Max stack usage so far..%d", (&_stack_end - p)*4);
+            Dbprintf("  Max stack usage.........%d / %d bytes", (&_stack_end - p) << 2, (&_stack_end - &_stack_start) << 2);
             break;
         }
     }
diff --git a/common_arm/ldscript.common b/common_arm/ldscript.common
index 9e53d8436..c1fb5e848 100644
--- a/common_arm/ldscript.common
+++ b/common_arm/ldscript.common
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ ms of the GNU GPL, version 2 or,
 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 */
 
-stacksize = DEFINED(stacksize) ? stacksize : 5K;
+stacksize = DEFINED(stacksize) ? stacksize : 6K;
 commonareasize = 0x20;
 
 /* AT91SAM7S256 has 256k Flash and 64k RAM */