diff --git a/fs/nfs/dir.c b/fs/nfs/dir.c
index 4ae726e70d87..733fd9e4f0a1 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/dir.c
@@ -553,6 +553,9 @@ int nfs_readdir_page_filler(nfs_readdir_descriptor_t *desc, struct nfs_entry *en
 	xdr_set_scratch_buffer(&stream, page_address(scratch), PAGE_SIZE);
 
 	do {
+		if (entry->label)
+			entry->label->len = NFS4_MAXLABELLEN;
+
 		status = xdr_decode(desc, entry, &stream);
 		if (status != 0) {
 			if (status == -EAGAIN)