fix broken max-length check

diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
index 2637df0fc23d753c7bfd8441a69f8edd1f120d0a..baeb4ff00da051785323d6f1fc197688851d627b 100644 (file)
--- a/index.js
+++ b/index.js
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ function Buffer (subject, encoding, noZero) {
   } else
     throw new TypeError('must start with number, buffer, array or string')
 
-  if (this.length > kMaxLength)
+  if (length > kMaxLength)
     throw new RangeError('Attempt to allocate Buffer larger than maximum ' +
       'size: 0x' + kMaxLength.toString(16) + ' bytes')