diff --git a/db/metadump.c b/db/metadump.c
index bdc48a0..f9f4300 100644
--- a/db/metadump.c
+++ b/db/metadump.c
@@ -1240,8 +1240,12 @@
 obfuscate_symlink_block(
 	char			*block)
 {
-	/* XXX: need to handle CRC headers */
-	obfuscate_path_components(block, mp->m_sb.sb_blocksize);
+	if (xfs_sb_version_hascrc(&(mp)->m_sb))
+		block += sizeof(struct xfs_dsymlink_hdr);
+
+	obfuscate_path_components(block,
+				  XFS_SYMLINK_BUF_SPACE(mp,
+					mp->m_sb.sb_blocksize));
 }
 
 #define MAX_REMOTE_VALS		4095