diff --git a/fs/ubifs/dir.c b/fs/ubifs/dir.c
index 9a6b8660425a..04912dedca48 100644
--- a/fs/ubifs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/ubifs/dir.c
@@ -693,7 +693,7 @@ static int ubifs_link(struct dentry *old_dentry, struct inode *dir,
struct inode *inode = d_inode(old_dentry);
struct ubifs_inode *ui = ubifs_inode(inode);
struct ubifs_inode *dir_ui = ubifs_inode(dir);
- int err, sz_change = CALC_DENT_SIZE(dentry->d_name.len);
+ int err, sz_change;
struct ubifs_budget_req req = { .new_dent = 1, .dirtied_ino = 2,
.dirtied_ino_d = ALIGN(ui->data_len, 8) };
struct fscrypt_name nm;
@@ -731,6 +731,8 @@ static int ubifs_link(struct dentry *old_dentry, struct inode *dir,
if (inode->i_nlink == 0)
ubifs_delete_orphan(c, inode->i_ino);
+ sz_change = CALC_DENT_SIZE(fname_len(&nm));
+
inc_nlink(inode);
ihold(inode);
inode->i_ctime = current_time(inode);