diff --git a/src/utility/gpg-utils.sh b/src/utility/gpg-utils.sh
index 89031459..c75735d5 100644
--- a/src/utility/gpg-utils.sh
+++ b/src/utility/gpg-utils.sh
@@ -276,7 +276,10 @@ function getSaveGpgHomedir() {
 	local -ra params=(gpgDir)
 	parseFnArgs params "$@" || return $?
 
-	if ((${#gpgDir} < 100)); then
+	# socket path max is on certain systems 108 - longest socket name which is currently S.gpg-agent.browser (20 chars)
+	# 108 - 20 = 88 - 1 (NUL terminating char) 87 and to be on the safer side we use 85
+	local -r maxSocketPathLength=85
+	if ((${#gpgDir} <= maxSocketPathLength)); then
 		echo "$gpgDir"
 	else
 		local tmpDir