diff --git a/types/wlr_compositor.c b/types/wlr_compositor.c
index d2c881e2a..6b31ab857 100644
--- a/types/wlr_compositor.c
+++ b/types/wlr_compositor.c
@@ -882,11 +882,7 @@ void wlr_surface_reject_pending(struct wlr_surface *surface, struct wl_resource
 	va_list args;
 	va_start(args, msg);
 
-	// XXX: libwayland could expose wl_resource_post_error_vargs() instead
-	char buffer[128]; // Matches the size of the buffer used in libwayland
-	vsnprintf(buffer, sizeof(buffer), msg, args);
-
-	wl_resource_post_error(resource, code, "%s", buffer);
+	wl_resource_post_error_vargs(resource, code, msg, args);
 	surface->pending_rejected = true;
 
 	va_end(args);