diff --git a/net/davix/src/TDavixFile.cxx b/net/davix/src/TDavixFile.cxx
index da42ebe1187974..7c82bd09ecd2df 100644
--- a/net/davix/src/TDavixFile.cxx
+++ b/net/davix/src/TDavixFile.cxx
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@
 #include <sstream>
 #include <string>
 #include <cstring>
+#include <memory>
 
 
 static const std::string VERSION = "0.2.0";
@@ -972,8 +973,8 @@ Long64_t TDavixFile::DavixReadBuffers(Davix_fd *fd, char *buf, Long64_t *pos, In
 {
    DavixError *davixErr = NULL;
    Double_t start_time = eventStart();
-   DavIOVecInput in[nbuf];
-   DavIOVecOuput out[nbuf];
+   auto in = std::make_unique<DavIOVecInput[]>(nbuf);
+   auto out = std::make_unique<DavIOVecOuput[]>(nbuf);
 
    int lastPos = 0;
    for (Int_t i = 0; i < nbuf; ++i) {
@@ -983,7 +984,7 @@ Long64_t TDavixFile::DavixReadBuffers(Davix_fd *fd, char *buf, Long64_t *pos, In
       lastPos += len[i];
    }
 
-   Long64_t ret = d_ptr->davixPosix->preadVec(fd, in, out, nbuf, &davixErr);
+   Long64_t ret = d_ptr->davixPosix->preadVec(fd, in.get(), out.get(), nbuf, &davixErr);
    if (ret < 0) {
       Error("DavixReadBuffers", "can not read data with davix: %s (%d)",
             davixErr->getErrMsg().c_str(), davixErr->getStatus());