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diff --git a/Utility/Path.hs b/Utility/Path.hs
index d21452efd..c3e893d16 100644
--- a/Utility/Path.hs
+++ b/Utility/Path.hs
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ import Control.Applicative
import qualified System.FilePath.Posix as Posix
#else
import System.Posix.Files
+import Utility.Exception
#endif
import qualified "MissingH" System.Path as MissingH
@@ -255,7 +256,9 @@ fileNameLengthLimit :: FilePath -> IO Int
fileNameLengthLimit _ = return 255
#else
fileNameLengthLimit dir = do
- l <- fromIntegral <$> getPathVar dir FileNameLimit
+ -- getPathVar can fail due to statfs(2) overflow
+ l <- catchDefaultIO 0 $
+ fromIntegral <$> getPathVar dir FileNameLimit
if l <= 0
then return 255
else return $ minimum [l, 255]