diff --git a/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_format.h b/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_format.h
index e204a942e5bf..23229f0c5b15 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_format.h
+++ b/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_format.h
@@ -1211,6 +1211,7 @@ struct xfs_dsymlink_hdr {
 
 #define XFS_SYMLINK_CRC_OFF	offsetof(struct xfs_dsymlink_hdr, sl_crc)
 
+#define XFS_SYMLINK_MAXLEN	1024
 /*
  * The maximum pathlen is 1024 bytes. Since the minimum file system
  * blocksize is 512 bytes, we can get a max of 3 extents back from
diff --git a/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_symlink_remote.c b/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_symlink_remote.c
index 2e2c6716b623..c484877129a0 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_symlink_remote.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_symlink_remote.c
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ xfs_symlink_verify(
 	if (bp->b_bn != be64_to_cpu(dsl->sl_blkno))
 		return false;
 	if (be32_to_cpu(dsl->sl_offset) +
-				be32_to_cpu(dsl->sl_bytes) >= MAXPATHLEN)
+				be32_to_cpu(dsl->sl_bytes) >= XFS_SYMLINK_MAXLEN)
 		return false;
 	if (dsl->sl_owner == 0)
 		return false;
diff --git a/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_trans_resv.c b/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_trans_resv.c
index b456cca1bfb2..6bd916bd35e2 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_trans_resv.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_trans_resv.c
@@ -477,14 +477,14 @@ xfs_calc_mkdir_reservation(
 /*
  * Making a new symplink is the same as creating a new file, but
  * with the added blocks for remote symlink data which can be up to 1kB in
- * length (MAXPATHLEN).
+ * length (XFS_SYMLINK_MAXLEN).
  */
 STATIC uint
 xfs_calc_symlink_reservation(
 	struct xfs_mount	*mp)
 {
 	return xfs_calc_create_reservation(mp) +
-	       xfs_calc_buf_res(1, MAXPATHLEN);
+	       xfs_calc_buf_res(1, XFS_SYMLINK_MAXLEN);
 }
 
 /*
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_iops.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_iops.c
index 077e2b2ac773..469c9fa4c178 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_iops.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_iops.c
@@ -460,7 +460,7 @@ xfs_vn_get_link(
 	if (!dentry)
 		return ERR_PTR(-ECHILD);
 
-	link = kmalloc(MAXPATHLEN+1, GFP_KERNEL);
+	link = kmalloc(XFS_SYMLINK_MAXLEN+1, GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!link)
 		goto out_err;
 
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_linux.h b/fs/xfs/xfs_linux.h
index ecdae42267d3..44abaecd1481 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_linux.h
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_linux.h
@@ -143,7 +143,6 @@ typedef __u32			xfs_nlink_t;
 #define __return_address __builtin_return_address(0)
 
 #define XFS_PROJID_DEFAULT	0
-#define MAXPATHLEN	1024
 
 #define MIN(a,b)	(min(a,b))
 #define MAX(a,b)	(max(a,b))
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_symlink.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_symlink.c
index 493804857d67..12cd9cf7de41 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_symlink.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_symlink.c
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ xfs_readlink(
 	if (!pathlen)
 		goto out;
 
-	if (pathlen < 0 || pathlen > MAXPATHLEN) {
+	if (pathlen < 0 || pathlen > XFS_SYMLINK_MAXLEN) {
 		xfs_alert(mp, "%s: inode (%llu) bad symlink length (%lld)",
 			 __func__, (unsigned long long) ip->i_ino,
 			 (long long) pathlen);
@@ -202,7 +202,7 @@ xfs_symlink(
 	 * Check component lengths of the target path name.
 	 */
 	pathlen = strlen(target_path);
-	if (pathlen >= MAXPATHLEN)      /* total string too long */
+	if (pathlen >= XFS_SYMLINK_MAXLEN)      /* total string too long */
 		return -ENAMETOOLONG;
 
 	udqp = gdqp = NULL;
@@ -559,7 +559,7 @@ xfs_inactive_symlink(
 		return 0;
 	}
 
-	if (pathlen < 0 || pathlen > MAXPATHLEN) {
+	if (pathlen < 0 || pathlen > XFS_SYMLINK_MAXLEN) {
 		xfs_alert(mp, "%s: inode (0x%llx) bad symlink length (%d)",
 			 __func__, (unsigned long long)ip->i_ino, pathlen);
 		xfs_iunlock(ip, XFS_ILOCK_EXCL);