diff --git a/fs/ext3/inode.c b/fs/ext3/inode.c
index 67d0af8..d669d78 100644
--- a/fs/ext3/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ext3/inode.c
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@
 #include <linux/writeback.h>
 #include <linux/mpage.h>
 #include <linux/uio.h>
+#include <linux/namei.h>
 #include "xattr.h"
 #include "acl.h"
 
@@ -2481,9 +2482,11 @@ void ext3_read_inode(struct inode * inode)
 		inode->i_op = &ext3_dir_inode_operations;
 		inode->i_fop = &ext3_dir_operations;
 	} else if (S_ISLNK(inode->i_mode)) {
-		if (ext3_inode_is_fast_symlink(inode))
+		if (ext3_inode_is_fast_symlink(inode)) {
 			inode->i_op = &ext3_fast_symlink_inode_operations;
-		else {
+			nd_terminate_link(ei->i_data, inode->i_size,
+						      sizeof(ei->i_data) - 1);
+		} else {
 			inode->i_op = &ext3_symlink_inode_operations;
 			ext3_set_aops(inode);
 		}