diff --git a/fs/fat/namei_vfat.c b/fs/fat/namei_vfat.c
index cb6e83557112..f565f24019b5 100644
--- a/fs/fat/namei_vfat.c
+++ b/fs/fat/namei_vfat.c
@@ -499,17 +499,10 @@ xlate_to_uni(const unsigned char *name, int len, unsigned char *outname,
 	int charlen;
 
 	if (utf8) {
-		int name_len = strlen(name);
-
-		*outlen = utf8s_to_utf16s(name, PATH_MAX, (wchar_t *) outname);
-
-		/*
-		 * We stripped '.'s before and set len appropriately,
-		 * but utf8s_to_utf16s doesn't care about len
-		 */
-		*outlen -= (name_len - len);
-
-		if (*outlen > 255)
+		*outlen = utf8s_to_utf16s(name, len, (wchar_t *)outname);
+		if (*outlen < 0)
+			return *outlen;
+		else if (*outlen > 255)
 			return -ENAMETOOLONG;
 
 		op = &outname[*outlen * sizeof(wchar_t)];
diff --git a/fs/nls/nls_base.c b/fs/nls/nls_base.c
index 477d37d83b31..b25c218671b3 100644
--- a/fs/nls/nls_base.c
+++ b/fs/nls/nls_base.c
@@ -124,10 +124,10 @@ int utf8s_to_utf16s(const u8 *s, int len, wchar_t *pwcs)
 	while (*s && len > 0) {
 		if (*s & 0x80) {
 			size = utf8_to_utf32(s, len, &u);
-			if (size < 0) {
-				/* Ignore character and move on */
-				size = 1;
-			} else if (u >= PLANE_SIZE) {
+			if (size < 0)
+				return -EINVAL;
+
+			if (u >= PLANE_SIZE) {
 				u -= PLANE_SIZE;
 				*op++ = (wchar_t) (SURROGATE_PAIR |
 						((u >> 10) & SURROGATE_BITS));