diff --git a/dir.c b/dir.c
index 039e3b60cf3a..972d976bb19f 100644
--- a/dir.c
+++ b/dir.c
@@ -426,10 +426,12 @@ static void exfat_init_name_entry(struct exfat_dentry *ep,
 	ep->dentry.name.flags = 0x0;
 
 	for (i = 0; i < EXFAT_FILE_NAME_LEN; i++) {
-		ep->dentry.name.unicode_0_14[i] = cpu_to_le16(*uniname);
-		if (*uniname == 0x0)
-			break;
-		uniname++;
+		if (*uniname != 0x0) {
+			ep->dentry.name.unicode_0_14[i] = cpu_to_le16(*uniname);
+			uniname++;
+		} else {
+			ep->dentry.name.unicode_0_14[i] = 0x0;
+		}
 	}
 }