diff --git a/stepmania/src/MsdFile.cpp b/stepmania/src/MsdFile.cpp
index 5dc69ce10e..b3f0ee4d28 100644
--- a/stepmania/src/MsdFile.cpp
+++ b/stepmania/src/MsdFile.cpp
@@ -143,8 +143,7 @@ bool MsdFile::ReadFile( CString sNewPath )
 		return false;
 	}
 
-	/* XXX: f.GetFileSizeInBytes() */
-	int iBufferSize = GetFileSizeInBytes(sNewPath);
+	const int iBufferSize = f.GetFileSize();
 
 	// allocate a string to hold the file
 	char* szFileString = new char[iBufferSize];