diff --git a/src/battle_message.c b/src/battle_message.c
index a70cfd872f2..9fe46700959 100644
--- a/src/battle_message.c
+++ b/src/battle_message.c
@@ -3153,7 +3153,7 @@ u32 BattleStringExpandPlaceholders(const u8 *src, u8 *dst, u32 dstSize)
     dst[dstID] = *src;
     dstID++;
 
-    BreakStringAutomatic(dst, BATTLE_MSG_MAX_WIDTH, BATTLE_MSG_MAX_WIDTH, fontId);
+    BreakStringAutomatic(dst, BATTLE_MSG_MAX_WIDTH, BATTLE_MSG_MAX_LINES, fontId);
 
     return dstID;
 }