diff --git a/fs/hpfs/hpfs.h b/fs/hpfs/hpfs.h
index 302f45101a9661c3a50dd12dc0130965eaf53c89..d92c4af3e1b43d164a1fc8d1e27bde8cce8e6166 100644
--- a/fs/hpfs/hpfs.h
+++ b/fs/hpfs/hpfs.h
@@ -356,7 +356,8 @@ struct hpfs_dirent {
   u8 no_of_acls;			/* number of ACL's (low 3 bits) */
   u8 ix;				/* code page index (of filename), see
 					   struct code_page_data */
-  u8 namelen, name[1];			/* file name */
+  u8 namelen;				/* file name length */
+  u8 name[];				/* file name */
   /* dnode_secno down;	  btree down pointer, if present,
      			  follows name on next word boundary, or maybe it
 			  precedes next dirent, which is on a word boundary. */