diff --git a/fs/nfs/mount_clnt.c b/fs/nfs/mount_clnt.c
index 015f71f..91a6faf 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/mount_clnt.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/mount_clnt.c
@@ -169,6 +169,9 @@
 		(info->hostname ? info->hostname : "server"),
 			info->dirpath);
 
+	if (strlen(info->dirpath) > MNTPATHLEN)
+		return -ENAMETOOLONG;
+
 	if (info->noresvport)
 		args.flags |= RPC_CLNT_CREATE_NONPRIVPORT;
 
@@ -242,6 +245,9 @@
 	struct rpc_clnt *clnt;
 	int status;
 
+	if (strlen(info->dirpath) > MNTPATHLEN)
+		return;
+
 	if (info->noresvport)
 		args.flags |= RPC_CLNT_CREATE_NONPRIVPORT;
 
@@ -283,7 +289,6 @@
 	const u32 pathname_len = strlen(pathname);
 	__be32 *p;
 
-	BUG_ON(pathname_len > MNTPATHLEN);
 	p = xdr_reserve_space(xdr, 4 + pathname_len);
 	xdr_encode_opaque(p, pathname, pathname_len);
 }