diff --git a/fs/ext3/xattr_user.c b/fs/ext3/xattr_user.c
index 1abd8f9..430fe63 100644
--- a/fs/ext3/xattr_user.c
+++ b/fs/ext3/xattr_user.c
@@ -12,13 +12,11 @@
 #include <linux/ext3_fs.h>
 #include "xattr.h"
 
-#define XATTR_USER_PREFIX "user."
-
 static size_t
 ext3_xattr_user_list(struct inode *inode, char *list, size_t list_size,
 		     const char *name, size_t name_len)
 {
-	const size_t prefix_len = sizeof(XATTR_USER_PREFIX)-1;
+	const size_t prefix_len = XATTR_USER_PREFIX_LEN;
 	const size_t total_len = prefix_len + name_len + 1;
 
 	if (!test_opt(inode->i_sb, XATTR_USER))