diff --git a/fs/fat/dir.c b/fs/fat/dir.c
index c4a274285858..249825017da7 100644
--- a/fs/fat/dir.c
+++ b/fs/fat/dir.c
@@ -722,7 +722,7 @@ static int func(struct dir_context *ctx, const char *name, int name_len,   \
 		if (name_len >= sizeof(d1->d_name))			   \
 			name_len = sizeof(d1->d_name) - 1;		   \
 									   \
-		if (put_user(0, d2->d_name)			||	   \
+		if (put_user(0, &d2->d_name[0])			||	   \
 		    put_user(0, &d2->d_reclen)			||	   \
 		    copy_to_user(d1->d_name, name, name_len)	||	   \
 		    put_user(0, d1->d_name + name_len)		||	   \