diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/namei.c b/fs/ocfs2/namei.c
index 8dd6f703c819..b7ca84bc3df7 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/namei.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/namei.c
@@ -2332,8 +2332,7 @@ int ocfs2_orphan_del(struct ocfs2_super *osb,
 		     struct buffer_head *orphan_dir_bh,
 		     bool dio)
 {
-	const int namelen = OCFS2_DIO_ORPHAN_PREFIX_LEN + OCFS2_ORPHAN_NAMELEN;
-	char name[namelen + 1];
+	char name[OCFS2_DIO_ORPHAN_PREFIX_LEN + OCFS2_ORPHAN_NAMELEN + 1];
 	struct ocfs2_dinode *orphan_fe;
 	int status = 0;
 	struct ocfs2_dir_lookup_result lookup = { NULL, };