diff --git a/src/linux/getdents.c b/src/linux/getdents.c
index de6de3b4..796c1e5c 100644
--- a/src/linux/getdents.c
+++ b/src/linux/getdents.c
@@ -1,9 +1,11 @@
 #define _BSD_SOURCE
 #include <dirent.h>
+#include <limits.h>
 #include "syscall.h"
 
 int getdents(int fd, struct dirent *buf, size_t len)
 {
+	if (len>INT_MAX) len = INT_MAX;
 	return syscall(SYS_getdents, fd, buf, len);
 }