diff --git a/repos/os/include/file_system_session/file_system_session.h b/repos/os/include/file_system_session/file_system_session.h
index 1b5911b70..0d085a0c8 100644
--- a/repos/os/include/file_system_session/file_system_session.h
+++ b/repos/os/include/file_system_session/file_system_session.h
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ namespace File_system {
 	 */
 	enum Mode { STAT_ONLY = 0, READ_ONLY = 1, WRITE_ONLY = 2, READ_WRITE = 3 };
 
-	enum { MAX_NAME_LEN = 256, MAX_PATH_LEN = 1024 };
+	enum { MAX_NAME_LEN = 128, MAX_PATH_LEN = 1024 };
 
 	/**
 	 * File offset constant for reading or writing to the end of a file