diff --git a/fs/fuse/dev.c b/fs/fuse/dev.c
index e5bc3f8..1afdffd 100644
--- a/fs/fuse/dev.c
+++ b/fs/fuse/dev.c
@@ -617,6 +617,7 @@
 	struct fuse_copy_state cs;
 	unsigned reqsize;
 
+ restart:
 	spin_lock(&fuse_lock);
 	fc = file->private_data;
 	err = -EPERM;
@@ -632,20 +633,25 @@
 
 	req = list_entry(fc->pending.next, struct fuse_req, list);
 	list_del_init(&req->list);
-	spin_unlock(&fuse_lock);
 
 	in = &req->in;
-	reqsize = req->in.h.len;
-	fuse_copy_init(&cs, 1, req, iov, nr_segs);
-	err = -EINVAL;
-	if (iov_length(iov, nr_segs) >= reqsize) {
-		err = fuse_copy_one(&cs, &in->h, sizeof(in->h));
-		if (!err)
-			err = fuse_copy_args(&cs, in->numargs, in->argpages,
-					     (struct fuse_arg *) in->args, 0);
+	reqsize = in->h.len;
+	/* If request is too large, reply with an error and restart the read */
+	if (iov_length(iov, nr_segs) < reqsize) {
+		req->out.h.error = -EIO;
+		/* SETXATTR is special, since it may contain too large data */
+		if (in->h.opcode == FUSE_SETXATTR)
+			req->out.h.error = -E2BIG;
+		request_end(fc, req);
+		goto restart;
 	}
+	spin_unlock(&fuse_lock);
+	fuse_copy_init(&cs, 1, req, iov, nr_segs);
+	err = fuse_copy_one(&cs, &in->h, sizeof(in->h));
+	if (!err)
+		err = fuse_copy_args(&cs, in->numargs, in->argpages,
+				     (struct fuse_arg *) in->args, 0);
 	fuse_copy_finish(&cs);
-
 	spin_lock(&fuse_lock);
 	req->locked = 0;
 	if (!err && req->interrupted)
diff --git a/fs/fuse/dir.c b/fs/fuse/dir.c
index 9a6075d..f156392 100644
--- a/fs/fuse/dir.c
+++ b/fs/fuse/dir.c
@@ -236,10 +236,6 @@
 	if (fc->no_create)
 		goto out;
 
-	err = -ENAMETOOLONG;
-	if (entry->d_name.len > FUSE_NAME_MAX)
-		goto out;
-
 	err = -EINTR;
 	req = fuse_get_request(fc);
 	if (!req)
@@ -413,12 +409,7 @@
 {
 	struct fuse_conn *fc = get_fuse_conn(dir);
 	unsigned len = strlen(link) + 1;
-	struct fuse_req *req;
-
-	if (len > FUSE_SYMLINK_MAX)
-		return -ENAMETOOLONG;
-
-	req = fuse_get_request(fc);
+	struct fuse_req *req = fuse_get_request(fc);
 	if (!req)
 		return -EINTR;
 
@@ -988,9 +979,6 @@
 	struct fuse_setxattr_in inarg;
 	int err;
 
-	if (size > FUSE_XATTR_SIZE_MAX)
-		return -E2BIG;
-
 	if (fc->no_setxattr)
 		return -EOPNOTSUPP;
 
diff --git a/fs/fuse/fuse_i.h b/fs/fuse/fuse_i.h
index 2d4835e..17fd368 100644
--- a/fs/fuse/fuse_i.h
+++ b/fs/fuse/fuse_i.h
@@ -21,6 +21,12 @@
 /** If more requests are outstanding, then the operation will block */
 #define FUSE_MAX_OUTSTANDING 10
 
+/** Maximum size of data in a write request */
+#define FUSE_MAX_WRITE 4096
+
+/** It could be as large as PATH_MAX, but would that have any uses? */
+#define FUSE_NAME_MAX 1024
+
 /** If the FUSE_DEFAULT_PERMISSIONS flag is given, the filesystem
     module will check permissions based on the file mode.  Otherwise no
     permission checking is done in the kernel */
@@ -108,9 +114,6 @@
 	struct fuse_arg args[3];
 };
 
-struct fuse_req;
-struct fuse_conn;
-
 /**
  * A request to the client
  */
diff --git a/fs/fuse/inode.c b/fs/fuse/inode.c
index 3b928a0..3580b9e 100644
--- a/fs/fuse/inode.c
+++ b/fs/fuse/inode.c
@@ -485,7 +485,7 @@
 	fc->max_read = d.max_read;
 	if (fc->max_read / PAGE_CACHE_SIZE < fc->bdi.ra_pages)
 		fc->bdi.ra_pages = fc->max_read / PAGE_CACHE_SIZE;
-	fc->max_write = FUSE_MAX_IN / 2;
+	fc->max_write = FUSE_MAX_WRITE;
 
 	err = -ENOMEM;
 	root = get_root_inode(sb, d.rootmode);