diff --git a/fs/ubifs/dir.c b/fs/ubifs/dir.c
index 9257ee893bdb..7dceca1be9b5 100644
--- a/fs/ubifs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/ubifs/dir.c
@@ -1117,7 +1117,6 @@ static int ubifs_symlink(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry,
 	int err, sz_change, len = strlen(symname);
 	struct fscrypt_str disk_link;
 	struct ubifs_budget_req req = { .new_ino = 1, .new_dent = 1,
-					.new_ino_d = ALIGN(len, 8),
 					.dirtied_ino = 1 };
 	struct fscrypt_name nm;
 
@@ -1133,6 +1132,7 @@ static int ubifs_symlink(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry,
 	 * Budget request settings: new inode, new direntry and changing parent
 	 * directory inode.
 	 */
+	req.new_ino_d = ALIGN(disk_link.len - 1, 8);
 	err = ubifs_budget_space(c, &req);
 	if (err)
 		return err;