diff --git a/cmd/mount/dir.go b/cmd/mount/dir.go
index 013bee7c6..7be77c77f 100644
--- a/cmd/mount/dir.go
+++ b/cmd/mount/dir.go
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ func (d *Dir) ReadDirAll(ctx context.Context) (dirents []fuse.Dirent, err error)
 	}
 	for _, node := range items {
 		name := node.Name()
-		if len(name) >= mountlib.MaxLeafSize {
+		if len(name) > mountlib.MaxLeafSize {
 			fs.Errorf(d, "Name too long (%d bytes) for FUSE, skipping: %s", len(name), name)
 			continue
 		}
diff --git a/cmd/mountlib/mount.go b/cmd/mountlib/mount.go
index 1d8f193b0..b5b6991bc 100644
--- a/cmd/mountlib/mount.go
+++ b/cmd/mountlib/mount.go
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ type (
 
 // Global constants
 const (
-	MaxLeafSize = 4095 // don't pass file names longer than this
+	MaxLeafSize = 1024 // don't pass file names longer than this
 )
 
 func init() {