diff --git a/fs/hfs/trans.c b/fs/hfs/trans.c
index e673a88b8ae..b1ce4c7ad3f 100644
--- a/fs/hfs/trans.c
+++ b/fs/hfs/trans.c
@@ -40,6 +40,8 @@ int hfs_mac2asc(struct super_block *sb, char *out, const struct hfs_name *in)
 
 	src = in->name;
 	srclen = in->len;
+	if (srclen > HFS_NAMELEN)
+		srclen = HFS_NAMELEN;
 	dst = out;
 	dstlen = HFS_MAX_NAMELEN;
 	if (nls_io) {