diff --git a/fs/ext4/namei.c b/fs/ext4/namei.c
index 790db7eac6c2..cf11dcffe4bf 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/namei.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/namei.c
@@ -2105,8 +2105,9 @@ void ext4_insert_dentry(struct inode *dir,
 	de->file_type = EXT4_FT_UNKNOWN;
 	de->inode = cpu_to_le32(inode->i_ino);
 	ext4_set_de_type(inode->i_sb, de, inode->i_mode);
-	de->name_len = fname_len(fname);
-	memcpy(de->name, fname_name(fname), fname_len(fname));
+	de->name_len = min_t(int, fname_len(fname), rlen - 8);
+	printk("rec length: %d, buf_size: %d, name length:%d, %s\n", rlen, buf_size, fname_len(fname), __func__);
+	memcpy(de->name, fname_name(fname), de->name_len);
 	if (ext4_hash_in_dirent(dir)) {
 		struct dx_hash_info *hinfo = &fname->hinfo;