diff --git a/fs/cifs/dir.c b/fs/cifs/dir.c
index 7c641f9a3dac2..bbfc540b48582 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/dir.c
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ build_path_from_dentry_optional_prefix(struct dentry *direntry, void *page,
 	if (cifs_sb->mnt_cifs_flags & CIFS_MOUNT_USE_PREFIX_PATH)
 		pplen = cifs_sb->prepath ? strlen(cifs_sb->prepath) + 1 : 0;
 
-	s = dentry_path_raw(direntry, page, PAGE_SIZE);
+	s = dentry_path_raw(direntry, page, PATH_MAX);
 	if (IS_ERR(s))
 		return s;
 	if (!s[1])	// for root we want "", not "/"