1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/fs/ecryptfs/inode.c b/fs/ecryptfs/inode.c
index 89209f00f9c7..5e78fc179886 100644
--- a/fs/ecryptfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ecryptfs/inode.c
@@ -673,10 +673,11 @@ static void *ecryptfs_follow_link(struct dentry *dentry, struct nameidata *nd)
         ecryptfs_printk(KERN_DEBUG, "Calling readlink w/ "
                         "dentry->d_name.name = [%s]\n", dentry->d_name.name);
         rc = dentry->d_inode->i_op->readlink(dentry, (char __user *)buf, len);
-        buf[rc] = '\0';
         set_fs(old_fs);
         if (rc < 0)
                 goto out_free;
+        else
+                buf[rc] = '\0';
         rc = 0;
         nd_set_link(nd, buf);
         goto out;