diff --git a/contrib/pjdfstest/tests/link/05.t b/contrib/pjdfstest/tests/link/05.t
--- a/contrib/pjdfstest/tests/link/05.t
+++ b/contrib/pjdfstest/tests/link/05.t
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # vim: filetype=sh noexpandtab ts=8 sw=8
 # $FreeBSD: head/tools/regression/pjdfstest/tests/link/05.t 211352 2010-08-15 21:24:17Z pjd $
 
-desc="link returns EMLINK if the link count of the file named by name1 would exceed 32767"
+desc="link returns EMLINK if the link count of the file named by name1 would exceed {PC_LINK_MAX}"
 
 dir=`dirname $0`
 . ${dir}/../misc.sh
@@ -16,19 +16,20 @@
 n2=`namegen`
 
 expect 0 mkdir ${n0} 0755
-n=`mdconfig -a -n -t malloc -s 1m` || exit
+n=`mdconfig -a -n -t malloc -s 2m` || exit
 newfs -i 1 /dev/md${n} >/dev/null || exit
 mount /dev/md${n} ${n0} || exit
+link_max=`${fstest} pathconf ${n0} _PC_LINK_MAX`
 expect 0 create ${n0}/${n1} 0644
 i=1
-while :; do
+while [ ${i} -le ${link_max} ]; do
 	link ${n0}/${n1} ${n0}/${i} >/dev/null 2>&1
 	if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
 		break
 	fi
 	i=`expr $i + 1`
 done
-test_check $i -eq 32767
+test_check $i -eq ${link_max}
 
 expect EMLINK link ${n0}/${n1} ${n0}/${n2}