--- wget-1.11/src/progress.c	2008-01-26 12:26:58.000000000 +0300
+++ wget-1.11/src/progress.c.multibyte	2008-03-24 20:37:16.000000000 +0300
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@ static void *bar_create (wgint, wgint);
 static void bar_update (void *, wgint, double);
 static void bar_finish (void *, double);
 static void bar_set_params (const char *);
+static size_t buffer_calculate_size(wgint);
 
 static struct progress_implementation implementations[] = {
   { "dot", 0, dot_create, dot_update, dot_finish, dot_set_params },
@@ -505,6 +506,10 @@ struct bar_progress {
                                    measured since the beginning of
                                    download. */
 
+  int buffer_size;              /* buffer size we're using for the progress
+                                   gauge was created. it same as screen width
+                                   for single byte locales, but more for 
+                                   multibyte locales.*/
   int width;                    /* screen width we're using at the
                                    time the progress gauge was
                                    created.  this is different from
@@ -577,8 +582,10 @@ bar_create (wgint initial, wgint total)
 
   /* - 1 because we don't want to use the last screen column. */
   bp->width = screen_width - 1;
-  /* + 1 for the terminating zero. */
-  bp->buffer = xmalloc (bp->width + 1);
+
+  /*allocate buffer */
+  bp->buffer_size = buffer_calculate_size (bp->width);
+  bp->buffer = xmalloc (bp->buffer_size);
 
   logputs (LOG_VERBOSE, "\n");
 
@@ -621,7 +628,8 @@ bar_update (void *progress, wgint howmuc
       if (screen_width != old_width)
         {
           bp->width = screen_width - 1;
-          bp->buffer = xrealloc (bp->buffer, bp->width + 1);
+          bp->buffer_size = buffer_calculate_size (bp->width);
+          bp->buffer = xrealloc (bp->buffer, bp->buffer_size);
           force_screen_update = true;
         }
       received_sigwinch = 0;
@@ -969,7 +977,7 @@ create_image (struct bar_progress *bp, d
       move_to_end (p);
     }
 
-  assert (p - bp->buffer <= bp->width);
+  assert (p - bp->buffer <= bp->buffer_size);
 
   while (p < bp->buffer + bp->width)
     *p++ = ' ';
@@ -1023,6 +1031,17 @@ bar_set_params (const char *params)
     }
 }
 
+/* calculate sizeof buffer for bar */
+static size_t buffer_calculate_size (wgint output_width)
+{
+  size_t eta_len = strlen(_("  eta %s"));
+  /* + 1 for the terminating zero.
+   "  eta 36m 51s"   - ETA   - 13 chars, but this is with time,"
+   get 8 for single byte locales and more if locale is multibyte
+ */
+  return (output_width + MAX(8, eta_len) - 8 + 1);
+}
+
 #ifdef SIGWINCH
 void
 progress_handle_sigwinch (int sig)