diff --git a/fs/afs/afs.h b/fs/afs/afs.h
index 81815724db6c..25c17100798b 100644
--- a/fs/afs/afs.h
+++ b/fs/afs/afs.h
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 
 #include <linux/in.h>
 
-#define AFS_MAXCELLNAME		256  	/* Maximum length of a cell name */
+#define AFS_MAXCELLNAME		253  	/* Maximum length of a cell name (DNS limited) */
 #define AFS_MAXVOLNAME		64  	/* Maximum length of a volume name */
 #define AFS_MAXNSERVERS		8   	/* Maximum servers in a basic volume record */
 #define AFS_NMAXNSERVERS	13  	/* Maximum servers in a N/U-class volume record */
diff --git a/fs/afs/afs_vl.h b/fs/afs/afs_vl.h
index 9c65ffb8a523..8da0899fbc08 100644
--- a/fs/afs/afs_vl.h
+++ b/fs/afs/afs_vl.h
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 #define AFS_VL_PORT		7003	/* volume location service port */
 #define VL_SERVICE		52	/* RxRPC service ID for the Volume Location service */
 #define YFS_VL_SERVICE		2503	/* Service ID for AuriStor upgraded VL service */
+#define YFS_VL_MAXCELLNAME	256  	/* Maximum length of a cell name in YFS protocol */
 
 enum AFSVL_Operations {
 	VLGETENTRYBYID		= 503,	/* AFS Get VLDB entry by ID */
diff --git a/fs/afs/vl_alias.c b/fs/afs/vl_alias.c
index f04a80e4f5c3..83cf1bfbe343 100644
--- a/fs/afs/vl_alias.c
+++ b/fs/afs/vl_alias.c
@@ -302,6 +302,7 @@ static char *afs_vl_get_cell_name(struct afs_cell *cell, struct key *key)
 static int yfs_check_canonical_cell_name(struct afs_cell *cell, struct key *key)
 {
 	struct afs_cell *master;
+	size_t name_len;
 	char *cell_name;
 
 	cell_name = afs_vl_get_cell_name(cell, key);
@@ -313,8 +314,11 @@ static int yfs_check_canonical_cell_name(struct afs_cell *cell, struct key *key)
 		return 0;
 	}
 
-	master = afs_lookup_cell(cell->net, cell_name, strlen(cell_name),
-				 NULL, false);
+	name_len = strlen(cell_name);
+	if (!name_len || name_len > AFS_MAXCELLNAME)
+		master = ERR_PTR(-EOPNOTSUPP);
+	else
+		master = afs_lookup_cell(cell->net, cell_name, name_len, NULL, false);
 	kfree(cell_name);
 	if (IS_ERR(master))
 		return PTR_ERR(master);
diff --git a/fs/afs/vlclient.c b/fs/afs/vlclient.c
index 00fca3c66ba6..16653f2ffe4f 100644
--- a/fs/afs/vlclient.c
+++ b/fs/afs/vlclient.c
@@ -671,7 +671,7 @@ static int afs_deliver_yfsvl_get_cell_name(struct afs_call *call)
 			return ret;
 
 		namesz = ntohl(call->tmp);
-		if (namesz > AFS_MAXCELLNAME)
+		if (namesz > YFS_VL_MAXCELLNAME)
 			return afs_protocol_error(call, afs_eproto_cellname_len);
 		paddedsz = (namesz + 3) & ~3;
 		call->count = namesz;