diff --git a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/lmv/lmv_obd.c b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/lmv/lmv_obd.c
index 1c9ff2493423feec1c51b8ccd69546a907ec47e7..84eaab8e867ab79eda1523045816e36da0cb82a3 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/lmv/lmv_obd.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/lmv/lmv_obd.c
@@ -635,8 +635,8 @@ static int lmv_fid2path(struct obd_export *exp, int len, void *karg,
 		char *ptr;
 
 		ori_gf = karg;
-		if (strlen(ori_gf->gf_path) +
-		    strlen(gf->gf_path) > ori_gf->gf_pathlen) {
+		if (strlen(ori_gf->gf_path) + 1 +
+		    strlen(gf->gf_path) + 1 > ori_gf->gf_pathlen) {
 			rc = -EOVERFLOW;
 			goto out_fid2path;
 		}