diff --git a/fs/cifs/xattr.c b/fs/cifs/xattr.c
index 50ddb795aaeb3b49586d8cf3454a197145db9488..a2db401a58edc405a86781539041b386ed08659f 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/xattr.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/xattr.c
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
 #include "cifs_fs_sb.h"
 #include "cifs_unicode.h"
 
-#define MAX_EA_VALUE_SIZE 65535
+#define MAX_EA_VALUE_SIZE CIFSMaxBufSize
 #define CIFS_XATTR_CIFS_ACL "system.cifs_acl"
 #define CIFS_XATTR_ATTRIB "cifs.dosattrib"  /* full name: user.cifs.dosattrib */
 #define CIFS_XATTR_CREATETIME "cifs.creationtime"  /* user.cifs.creationtime */