diff --git a/src/java.base/share/classes/java/text/DigitList.java b/src/java.base/share/classes/java/text/DigitList.java
index d757f03bb841c..2199e33c468ba 100644
--- a/src/java.base/share/classes/java/text/DigitList.java
+++ b/src/java.base/share/classes/java/text/DigitList.java
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@
 import java.math.BigInteger;
 import java.math.RoundingMode;
 import jdk.internal.math.FloatingDecimal;
+import jdk.internal.util.ArraysSupport;
 
 /**
  * Digit List. Private to DecimalFormat.
@@ -153,7 +154,7 @@ public void clear () {
      */
     public void append(char digit) {
         if (count == digits.length) {
-            char[] data = new char[count + 100];
+            char[] data = new char[ArraysSupport.newLength(count, 1, count)];
             System.arraycopy(digits, 0, data, 0, count);
             digits = data;
         }