diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/export.c b/fs/ocfs2/export.c
index 5dbc306..254652a 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/export.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/export.c
@@ -197,8 +197,12 @@
 		   dentry->d_name.len, dentry->d_name.name,
 		   fh, len, connectable);
 
-	if (len < 3 || (connectable && len < 6)) {
-		mlog(ML_ERROR, "fh buffer is too small for encoding\n");
+	if (connectable && (len < 6)) {
+		*max_len = 6;
+		type = 255;
+		goto bail;
+	} else if (len < 3) {
+		*max_len = 3;
 		type = 255;
 		goto bail;
 	}