diff --git a/fs/ntfs3/inode.c b/fs/ntfs3/inode.c
index 37cbbee7fa58..6b14c13bda68 100644
--- a/fs/ntfs3/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ntfs3/inode.c
@@ -1716,6 +1716,7 @@ int ntfs_link_inode(struct inode *inode, struct dentry *dentry)
 	de = __getname();
 	if (!de)
 		return -ENOMEM;
+	memset(de,0,PATH_MAX);
 
 	/* Mark rw ntfs as dirty. It will be cleared at umount. */
 	ntfs_set_state(sbi, NTFS_DIRTY_DIRTY);