diff --git a/fs/hmdfs/inode_local.c b/fs/hmdfs/inode_local.c
index 4ec03bed95ccfac89ee97698af6b0d091e11d4a8..37ddcfc4ee2f6b586326c0c011228b419b1f9295 100644
--- a/fs/hmdfs/inode_local.c
+++ b/fs/hmdfs/inode_local.c
@@ -761,7 +761,7 @@ static bool symname_is_allowed(const char *symname)
 	buf[0] = '/';
 	strncpy(buf + 1, symname, symname_len);
 	strcat(buf, "/");
-	p = strstr(symname, "/../");
+	p = strstr(buf, "/../");
 	if (p) {
 		kfree(buf);
 		return false;