diff --git a/fs/hfs/catalog.c b/fs/hfs/catalog.c
index ba851576ebb13233eb2c84b4dc968f2caa2218f6..6d98f116ca03d610a1477dc77558c899f5abe48d 100644
--- a/fs/hfs/catalog.c
+++ b/fs/hfs/catalog.c
@@ -190,6 +190,10 @@ int hfs_cat_find_brec(struct super_block *sb, u32 cnid,
 
 	fd->search_key->cat.ParID = rec.thread.ParID;
 	len = fd->search_key->cat.CName.len = rec.thread.CName.len;
+	if (len > HFS_NAMELEN) {
+		printk(KERN_ERR "hfs: bad catalog namelength\n");
+		return -EIO;
+	}
 	memcpy(fd->search_key->cat.CName.name, rec.thread.CName.name, len);
 	return hfs_brec_find(fd);
 }