diff --git a/fs/reiserfs/xattr_security.c b/fs/reiserfs/xattr_security.c
index 857a65b05726..157ebfe2456b 100644
--- a/fs/reiserfs/xattr_security.c
+++ b/fs/reiserfs/xattr_security.c
@@ -82,11 +82,15 @@ int reiserfs_security_write(struct reiserfs_transaction_handle *th,
 			    struct inode *inode,
 			    struct reiserfs_security_handle *sec)
 {
+	char xattr_name[XATTR_NAME_MAX + 1] = XATTR_SECURITY_PREFIX;
 	int error;
-	if (strlen(sec->name) < sizeof(XATTR_SECURITY_PREFIX))
+
+	if (XATTR_SECURITY_PREFIX_LEN + strlen(sec->name) > XATTR_NAME_MAX)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
-	error = reiserfs_xattr_set_handle(th, inode, sec->name, sec->value,
+	strlcat(xattr_name, sec->name, sizeof(xattr_name));
+
+	error = reiserfs_xattr_set_handle(th, inode, xattr_name, sec->value,
 					  sec->length, XATTR_CREATE);
 	if (error == -ENODATA || error == -EOPNOTSUPP)
 		error = 0;