diff --git a/dsf-gdb/org.eclipse.cdt.dsf.gdb/src/org/eclipse/cdt/dsf/mi/service/command/LargePipedInputStream.java b/dsf-gdb/org.eclipse.cdt.dsf.gdb/src/org/eclipse/cdt/dsf/mi/service/command/LargePipedInputStream.java
index 4b5ba151cd4..d680c9bb0b1 100644
--- a/dsf-gdb/org.eclipse.cdt.dsf.gdb/src/org/eclipse/cdt/dsf/mi/service/command/LargePipedInputStream.java
+++ b/dsf-gdb/org.eclipse.cdt.dsf.gdb/src/org/eclipse/cdt/dsf/mi/service/command/LargePipedInputStream.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*******************************************************************************
- * Copyright (c) 2006, 2009 Wind River Systems and others.
+ * Copyright (c) 2006, 2012 Wind River Systems and others.
  * All rights reserved. This program and the accompanying materials
  * are made available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License v1.0
  * which accompanies this distribution, and is available at
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@
  * 
  * Contributors:
  *     Wind River Systems - initial API and implementation
+ *     Marc Khouzam (Ericsson) - Specify the larger size in the new constructor
+ *                               of PipedInputStream provided by Java 6
  *******************************************************************************/
 package org.eclipse.cdt.dsf.mi.service.command;
 
@@ -17,13 +19,12 @@ import java.io.PipedOutputStream;
 
 class LargePipedInputStream extends PipedInputStream {
 	
-	private final int LARGE_BUF_SIZE = 1024 * 1024; // 1 megs
+	private static final int LARGE_BUF_SIZE = 1024 * 1024; // 1M
 	
 	public LargePipedInputStream(PipedOutputStream pipedoutputstream)
         throws IOException
     {
-		super(pipedoutputstream);
-		buffer = new byte[LARGE_BUF_SIZE];
+		super(pipedoutputstream, LARGE_BUF_SIZE);
     }
 
 }