diff --git a/fs/affs/inode.c b/fs/affs/inode.c
index abcc59899229..fd4ef3c40e40 100644
--- a/fs/affs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/affs/inode.c
@@ -140,6 +140,7 @@ struct inode *affs_iget(struct super_block *sb, unsigned long ino)
 		inode->i_fop = &affs_file_operations;
 		break;
 	case ST_SOFTLINK:
+		inode->i_size = strlen((char *)AFFS_HEAD(bh)->table);
 		inode->i_mode |= S_IFLNK;
 		inode_nohighmem(inode);
 		inode->i_op = &affs_symlink_inode_operations;
diff --git a/fs/affs/namei.c b/fs/affs/namei.c
index 96dd1d09a273..b02da4d421cc 100644
--- a/fs/affs/namei.c
+++ b/fs/affs/namei.c
@@ -365,6 +365,7 @@ affs_symlink(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry, const char *symname)
 				symname++;
 	}
 	*p = 0;
+	inode->i_size = i + 1;
 	mark_buffer_dirty_inode(bh, inode);
 	affs_brelse(bh);
 	mark_inode_dirty(inode);