diff --git a/fs/ext4/symlink.c b/fs/ext4/symlink.c
index abe2401ce4056..e8e7af62ac95f 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/symlink.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/symlink.c
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ static const char *ext4_encrypted_follow_link(struct dentry *dentry, void **cook
 	/* Symlink is encrypted */
 	sd = (struct ext4_encrypted_symlink_data *)caddr;
 	cstr.name = sd->encrypted_path;
-	cstr.len  = le32_to_cpu(sd->len);
+	cstr.len  = le16_to_cpu(sd->len);
 	if ((cstr.len +
 	     sizeof(struct ext4_encrypted_symlink_data) - 1) >
 	    max_size) {