diff --git a/extmod/machine_signal.c b/extmod/machine_signal.c
index 78d0c3feef..3f9f5af947 100644
--- a/extmod/machine_signal.c
+++ b/extmod/machine_signal.c
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ STATIC mp_obj_t signal_make_new(const mp_obj_type_t *type, size_t n_args, size_t
         // If first argument isn't a Pin-like object, we filter out "invert"
         // from keyword arguments and pass them all to the exported Pin
         // constructor to create one.
-        mp_obj_t pin_args[n_args + n_kw * 2];
+        mp_obj_t *pin_args = mp_local_alloc((n_args + n_kw * 2) * sizeof(mp_obj_t));
         memcpy(pin_args, args, n_args * sizeof(mp_obj_t));
         const mp_obj_t *src = args + n_args;
         mp_obj_t *dst = pin_args + n_args;
@@ -88,6 +88,8 @@ STATIC mp_obj_t signal_make_new(const mp_obj_type_t *type, size_t n_args, size_t
         // will just ignore it as set a concrete type. If not, we'd need
         // to expose port's "default" pin type too.
         pin = MICROPY_PY_MACHINE_PIN_MAKE_NEW(NULL, n_args, n_kw, pin_args);
+
+        mp_local_free(pin_args);
     }
     else
     #endif