diff --git a/fs/fuse/readdir.c b/fs/fuse/readdir.c
index fae025db06f4..5c38b9d84c6e 100644
--- a/fs/fuse/readdir.c
+++ b/fs/fuse/readdir.c
@@ -386,11 +386,13 @@ static enum fuse_parse_result fuse_parse_cache(struct fuse_file *ff,
 	for (;;) {
 		struct fuse_dirent *dirent = addr + offset;
 		unsigned int nbytes = size - offset;
-		size_t reclen = FUSE_DIRENT_SIZE(dirent);
+		size_t reclen;
 
 		if (nbytes < FUSE_NAME_OFFSET || !dirent->namelen)
 			break;
 
+		reclen = FUSE_DIRENT_SIZE(dirent); /* derefs ->namelen */
+
 		if (WARN_ON(dirent->namelen > FUSE_NAME_MAX))
 			return FOUND_ERR;
 		if (WARN_ON(reclen > nbytes))