diff --git a/block/bio.c b/block/bio.c
index e3d3e75c97e0..239f6bd421a8 100644
--- a/block/bio.c
+++ b/block/bio.c
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ struct bio_slab {
 	struct kmem_cache *slab;
 	unsigned int slab_ref;
 	unsigned int slab_size;
-	char name[8];
+	char name[12];
 };
 static DEFINE_MUTEX(bio_slab_lock);
 static struct bio_slab *bio_slabs;