diff --git a/fs/cifs/cifsglob.h b/fs/cifs/cifsglob.h
index dfc731b02aa9..25b8392bfdd2 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/cifsglob.h
+++ b/fs/cifs/cifsglob.h
@@ -70,11 +70,6 @@
 #define SERVER_NAME_LENGTH 40
 #define SERVER_NAME_LEN_WITH_NULL     (SERVER_NAME_LENGTH + 1)
 
-/* used to define string lengths for reversing unicode strings */
-/*         (256+1)*2 = 514                                     */
-/*           (max path length + 1 for null) * 2 for unicode    */
-#define MAX_NAME 514
-
 /* SMB echo "timeout" -- FIXME: tunable? */
 #define SMB_ECHO_INTERVAL (60 * HZ)
 
diff --git a/fs/cifs/smb2file.c b/fs/cifs/smb2file.c
index 3f17b4550831..45992944e238 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/smb2file.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/smb2file.c
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ smb2_open_file(const unsigned int xid, struct cifs_open_parms *oparms,
 		goto out;
 	}
 
-	smb2_data = kzalloc(sizeof(struct smb2_file_all_info) + MAX_NAME * 2,
+	smb2_data = kzalloc(sizeof(struct smb2_file_all_info) + PATH_MAX * 2,
 			    GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (smb2_data == NULL) {
 		rc = -ENOMEM;
diff --git a/fs/cifs/smb2inode.c b/fs/cifs/smb2inode.c
index 0150182a4494..899bbc86f73e 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/smb2inode.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/smb2inode.c
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ smb2_query_path_info(const unsigned int xid, struct cifs_tcon *tcon,
 	*adjust_tz = false;
 	*symlink = false;
 
-	smb2_data = kzalloc(sizeof(struct smb2_file_all_info) + MAX_NAME * 2,
+	smb2_data = kzalloc(sizeof(struct smb2_file_all_info) + PATH_MAX * 2,
 			    GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (smb2_data == NULL)
 		return -ENOMEM;
diff --git a/fs/cifs/smb2ops.c b/fs/cifs/smb2ops.c
index 4e4eecdec4f9..f522193b7184 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/smb2ops.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/smb2ops.c
@@ -389,7 +389,7 @@ smb2_query_file_info(const unsigned int xid, struct cifs_tcon *tcon,
 	int rc;
 	struct smb2_file_all_info *smb2_data;
 
-	smb2_data = kzalloc(sizeof(struct smb2_file_all_info) + MAX_NAME * 2,
+	smb2_data = kzalloc(sizeof(struct smb2_file_all_info) + PATH_MAX * 2,
 			    GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (smb2_data == NULL)
 		return -ENOMEM;
diff --git a/fs/cifs/smb2pdu.c b/fs/cifs/smb2pdu.c
index cb39c51cd3e0..74b3a6684383 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/smb2pdu.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/smb2pdu.c
@@ -1532,7 +1532,7 @@ SMB2_query_info(const unsigned int xid, struct cifs_tcon *tcon,
 {
 	return query_info(xid, tcon, persistent_fid, volatile_fid,
 			  FILE_ALL_INFORMATION,
-			  sizeof(struct smb2_file_all_info) + MAX_NAME * 2,
+			  sizeof(struct smb2_file_all_info) + PATH_MAX * 2,
 			  sizeof(struct smb2_file_all_info), data);
 }