diff --git a/fs/fat/namei_vfat.c b/fs/fat/namei_vfat.c
index a87a656..c25cf15 100644
--- a/fs/fat/namei_vfat.c
+++ b/fs/fat/namei_vfat.c
@@ -512,7 +512,8 @@
 	int charlen;
 
 	if (utf8) {
-		*outlen = utf8s_to_utf16s(name, len, (wchar_t *)outname);
+		*outlen = utf8s_to_utf16s(name, len, UTF16_HOST_ENDIAN,
+				(wchar_t *) outname, FAT_LFN_LEN + 2);
 		if (*outlen < 0)
 			return *outlen;
 		else if (*outlen > FAT_LFN_LEN)