diff --git a/fs/proc/generic.c b/fs/proc/generic.c
index 501889856461b..6ad765fb2cbd6 100644
--- a/fs/proc/generic.c
+++ b/fs/proc/generic.c
@@ -427,9 +427,13 @@ static struct proc_dir_entry *__proc_create(struct proc_dir_entry **parent,
 	if (xlate_proc_name(name, parent, &fn) != 0)
 		goto out;
 	qstr.name = fn;
-	qstr.len = strlen(fn);
-	if (qstr.len == 0 || qstr.len >= 256) {
-		WARN(1, "name len %u\n", qstr.len);
+	qstr.len = strnlen(fn, NAME_MAX + 1);
+	if (qstr.len == 0) {
+		WARN(1, "empty name\n");
+		return NULL;
+	}
+	if (qstr.len > NAME_MAX) {
+		WARN(1, "name too long\n");
 		return NULL;
 	}
 	if (qstr.len == 1 && fn[0] == '.') {