diff --git a/fs/btrfs/tree-checker.c b/fs/btrfs/tree-checker.c
index 7c55e3ba5a6c86f70aaa8a2b9d1ac3d469075f78..c3c8d48f6618ef0738824f480955db1f7cffc00d 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/tree-checker.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/tree-checker.c
@@ -259,7 +259,6 @@ static int check_dir_item(struct btrfs_root *root,
 
 	di = btrfs_item_ptr(leaf, slot, struct btrfs_dir_item);
 	while (cur < item_size) {
-		char namebuf[max(BTRFS_NAME_LEN, XATTR_NAME_MAX)];
 		u32 name_len;
 		u32 data_len;
 		u32 max_name_len;
@@ -342,6 +341,8 @@ static int check_dir_item(struct btrfs_root *root,
 		 */
 		if (key->type == BTRFS_DIR_ITEM_KEY ||
 		    key->type == BTRFS_XATTR_ITEM_KEY) {
+			char namebuf[max(BTRFS_NAME_LEN, XATTR_NAME_MAX)];
+
 			read_extent_buffer(leaf, namebuf,
 					(unsigned long)(di + 1), name_len);
 			name_hash = btrfs_name_hash(namebuf, name_len);