Index: bash-4.4/lib/readline/history.c
===================================================================
--- bash-4.4.orig/lib/readline/history.c
+++ bash-4.4/lib/readline/history.c
@@ -57,6 +57,8 @@ extern int errno;
 /* How big to make the_history when we first allocate it. */
 #define DEFAULT_HISTORY_INITIAL_SIZE	502
 
+#define MAX_HISTORY_INITIAL_SIZE	8192
+
 /* The number of slots to increase the_history by. */
 #define DEFAULT_HISTORY_GROW_SIZE 50
 
@@ -307,7 +309,9 @@ add_history (string)
       if (history_size == 0)
 	{
 	  if (history_stifled && history_max_entries > 0)
-	    history_size = history_max_entries + 2;
+	    history_size = (history_max_entries > MAX_HISTORY_INITIAL_SIZE)
+				? MAX_HISTORY_INITIAL_SIZE
+				: history_max_entries + 2;
 	  else
 	    history_size = DEFAULT_HISTORY_INITIAL_SIZE;
 	  the_history = (HIST_ENTRY **)xmalloc (history_size * sizeof (HIST_ENTRY *));
Index: bash-4.4/patchlevel.h
===================================================================
--- bash-4.4.orig/patchlevel.h
+++ bash-4.4/patchlevel.h
@@ -25,6 +25,6 @@
    regexp `^#define[ 	]*PATCHLEVEL', since that's what support/mkversion.sh
    looks for to find the patch level (for the sccs version string). */
 
-#define PATCHLEVEL 0
+#define PATCHLEVEL 1
 
 #endif /* _PATCHLEVEL_H_ */