diff --git a/backend/crypt/cipher.go b/backend/crypt/cipher.go
index 9cf468d89..ab0656ba8 100644
--- a/backend/crypt/cipher.go
+++ b/backend/crypt/cipher.go
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ var (
 	ErrorBadDecryptControlChar   = errors.New("bad decryption - contains control chars")
 	ErrorNotAMultipleOfBlocksize = errors.New("not a multiple of blocksize")
 	ErrorTooShortAfterDecode     = errors.New("too short after base32 decode")
+	ErrorTooLongAfterDecode      = errors.New("too long after base32 decode")
 	ErrorEncryptedFileTooShort   = errors.New("file is too short to be encrypted")
 	ErrorEncryptedFileBadHeader  = errors.New("file has truncated block header")
 	ErrorEncryptedBadMagic       = errors.New("not an encrypted file - bad magic string")
@@ -284,6 +285,9 @@ func (c *cipher) decryptSegment(ciphertext string) (string, error) {
 		// not possible if decodeFilename() working correctly
 		return "", ErrorTooShortAfterDecode
 	}
+	if len(rawCiphertext) > 2048 {
+		return "", ErrorTooLongAfterDecode
+	}
 	paddedPlaintext := eme.Transform(c.block, c.nameTweak[:], rawCiphertext, eme.DirectionDecrypt)
 	plaintext, err := pkcs7.Unpad(nameCipherBlockSize, paddedPlaintext)
 	if err != nil {
diff --git a/backend/crypt/cipher_test.go b/backend/crypt/cipher_test.go
index 601d1e744..dc20c97a7 100644
--- a/backend/crypt/cipher_test.go
+++ b/backend/crypt/cipher_test.go
@@ -194,6 +194,10 @@ func TestEncryptSegment(t *testing.T) {
 
 func TestDecryptSegment(t *testing.T) {
 	// We've tested the forwards above, now concentrate on the errors
+	longName := make([]byte, 3328)
+	for i := range longName {
+		longName[i] = 'a'
+	}
 	c, _ := newCipher(NameEncryptionStandard, "", "", true)
 	for _, test := range []struct {
 		in          string
@@ -201,6 +205,7 @@ func TestDecryptSegment(t *testing.T) {
 	}{
 		{"64=", ErrorBadBase32Encoding},
 		{"!", base32.CorruptInputError(0)},
+		{string(longName), ErrorTooLongAfterDecode},
 		{encodeFileName([]byte("a")), ErrorNotAMultipleOfBlocksize},
 		{encodeFileName([]byte("123456789abcdef")), ErrorNotAMultipleOfBlocksize},
 		{encodeFileName([]byte("123456789abcdef0")), pkcs7.ErrorPaddingTooLong},