diff --git a/fs/ufs/namei.c b/fs/ufs/namei.c
index e3a9b1fac75a2c4f6d04c94f6c22bb39d530d523..23119fe7ad6241e504f4bc7063c22988882d8a0c 100644
--- a/fs/ufs/namei.c
+++ b/fs/ufs/namei.c
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ static int ufs_symlink (struct inode * dir, struct dentry * dentry,
 	} else {
 		/* fast symlink */
 		inode->i_op = &ufs_fast_symlink_inode_operations;
-		memcpy((char*)&UFS_I(inode)->i_u1.i_data,symname,l);
+		memcpy(UFS_I(inode)->i_u1.i_symlink, symname, l);
 		inode->i_size = l-1;
 	}
 	mark_inode_dirty(inode);