diff --git a/sys/fs/pseudofs/pseudofs.h b/sys/fs/pseudofs/pseudofs.h
index 0e0f4dbdeb72..c42de32486bf 100644
--- a/sys/fs/pseudofs/pseudofs.h
+++ b/sys/fs/pseudofs/pseudofs.h
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ struct vnode;
 /*
  * Limits and constants
  */
-#define PFS_NAMELEN		24
+#define PFS_NAMELEN		48
 #define PFS_FSNAMELEN		16	/* equal to MFSNAMELEN */
 #define PFS_DELEN		(offsetof(struct dirent, d_name) + PFS_NAMELEN)