diff --git a/db/attrset.c b/db/attrset.c
index 8eecf46..d96b78d 100644
--- a/db/attrset.c
+++ b/db/attrset.c
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@
 		goto out;
 	}
 
-	if (libxfs_attr_set(ip, (unsigned char *)name,
+	if (libxfs_attr_set(ip, (unsigned char *)name, strlen(name),
 				(unsigned char *)value, valuelen, flags)) {
 		dbprintf(_("failed to set attr %s on inode %llu\n"),
 			name, (unsigned long long)iocur_top->ino);
@@ -222,7 +222,7 @@
 		goto out;
 	}
 
-	if (libxfs_attr_remove(ip, (unsigned char *)name, flags)) {
+	if (libxfs_attr_remove(ip, (unsigned char *)name, strlen(name), flags)){
 		dbprintf(_("failed to remove attr %s from inode %llu\n"),
 			name, (unsigned long long)iocur_top->ino);
 		goto out;
diff --git a/libxfs/xfs_attr.c b/libxfs/xfs_attr.c
index 800dd2b..5110bb4 100644
--- a/libxfs/xfs_attr.c
+++ b/libxfs/xfs_attr.c
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@
 	struct xfs_da_args	*args,
 	struct xfs_inode	*dp,
 	const unsigned char	*name,
+	size_t			namelen,
 	int			flags)
 {
 
@@ -73,7 +74,7 @@
 	args->dp = dp;
 	args->flags = flags;
 	args->name = name;
-	args->namelen = strlen((const char *)name);
+	args->namelen = namelen;
 	if (args->namelen >= MAXNAMELEN)
 		return -EFAULT;		/* match IRIX behaviour */
 
@@ -138,6 +139,7 @@
 xfs_attr_get(
 	struct xfs_inode	*ip,
 	const unsigned char	*name,
+	size_t			namelen,
 	unsigned char		**value,
 	int			*valuelenp,
 	int			flags)
@@ -153,7 +155,7 @@
 	if (XFS_FORCED_SHUTDOWN(ip->i_mount))
 		return -EIO;
 
-	error = xfs_attr_args_init(&args, ip, name, flags);
+	error = xfs_attr_args_init(&args, ip, name, namelen, flags);
 	if (error)
 		return error;
 
@@ -337,6 +339,7 @@
 xfs_attr_set(
 	struct xfs_inode	*dp,
 	const unsigned char	*name,
+	size_t			namelen,
 	unsigned char		*value,
 	int			valuelen,
 	int			flags)
@@ -352,7 +355,7 @@
 	if (XFS_FORCED_SHUTDOWN(dp->i_mount))
 		return -EIO;
 
-	error = xfs_attr_args_init(&args, dp, name, flags);
+	error = xfs_attr_args_init(&args, dp, name, namelen, flags);
 	if (error)
 		return error;
 
@@ -441,6 +444,7 @@
 xfs_attr_remove(
 	struct xfs_inode	*dp,
 	const unsigned char	*name,
+	size_t			namelen,
 	int			flags)
 {
 	struct xfs_mount	*mp = dp->i_mount;
@@ -452,7 +456,7 @@
 	if (XFS_FORCED_SHUTDOWN(dp->i_mount))
 		return -EIO;
 
-	error = xfs_attr_args_init(&args, dp, name, flags);
+	error = xfs_attr_args_init(&args, dp, name, namelen, flags);
 	if (error)
 		return error;
 
diff --git a/libxfs/xfs_attr.h b/libxfs/xfs_attr.h
index 91c2cb1..4243b22 100644
--- a/libxfs/xfs_attr.h
+++ b/libxfs/xfs_attr.h
@@ -148,11 +148,13 @@
 int xfs_inode_hasattr(struct xfs_inode *ip);
 int xfs_attr_get_ilocked(struct xfs_inode *ip, struct xfs_da_args *args);
 int xfs_attr_get(struct xfs_inode *ip, const unsigned char *name,
-		 unsigned char **value, int *valuelenp, int flags);
+		 size_t namelen, unsigned char **value, int *valuelenp,
+		 int flags);
 int xfs_attr_set(struct xfs_inode *dp, const unsigned char *name,
-		 unsigned char *value, int valuelen, int flags);
+		 size_t namelen, unsigned char *value, int valuelen, int flags);
 int xfs_attr_set_args(struct xfs_da_args *args);
-int xfs_attr_remove(struct xfs_inode *dp, const unsigned char *name, int flags);
+int xfs_attr_remove(struct xfs_inode *dp, const unsigned char *name,
+		    size_t namelen, int flags);
 int xfs_attr_remove_args(struct xfs_da_args *args);
 int xfs_attr_list(struct xfs_inode *dp, char *buffer, int bufsize,
 		  int flags, struct attrlist_cursor_kern *cursor);