diff --git a/fs/fat/fat.c b/fs/fat/fat.c
index aa0be18b8f3c3b5671888bcf93c3502720c6642f..756ac64a8b7b98287788702728134947f22b15ce 100644
--- a/fs/fat/fat.c
+++ b/fs/fat/fat.c
@@ -440,10 +440,9 @@ get_vfatname (fsdata *mydata, int curclust, __u8 *cluster,
 {
 	dir_entry *realdent;
 	dir_slot *slotptr = (dir_slot *)retdent;
-	__u8 *buflimit = cluster + ((curclust == 0) ?
-					LINEAR_PREFETCH_SIZE :
-					(mydata->clust_size * mydata->sect_size)
-				   );
+	__u8 *buflimit = cluster + mydata->sect_size * ((curclust == 0) ?
+							PREFETCH_BLOCKS :
+							mydata->clust_size);
 	__u8 counter = (slotptr->id & ~LAST_LONG_ENTRY_MASK) & 0xff;
 	int idx = 0;
 
@@ -880,7 +879,7 @@ do_fat_read (const char *filename, void *buffer, unsigned long maxsize,
 		if (disk_read(cursect,
 				(mydata->fatsize == 32) ?
 				(mydata->clust_size) :
-				LINEAR_PREFETCH_SIZE / mydata->sect_size,
+				PREFETCH_BLOCKS,
 				do_fat_read_block) < 0) {
 			debug("Error: reading rootdir block\n");
 			goto exit;
diff --git a/include/fat.h b/include/fat.h
index c2465d2d3ea2bc6b15c1e395fe7f62fb2676272d..15dbf1094c351c41bae791951de22a9ab1a2efa7 100644
--- a/include/fat.h
+++ b/include/fat.h
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
 /* Maximum Long File Name length supported here is 128 UTF-16 code units */
 #define VFAT_MAXLEN_BYTES	256 /* Maximum LFN buffer in bytes */
 #define VFAT_MAXSEQ		9   /* Up to 9 of 13 2-byte UTF-16 entries */
-#define LINEAR_PREFETCH_SIZE	(mydata->sect_size*2) /* Prefetch buffer size */
+#define PREFETCH_BLOCKS		2
 
 #define MAX_CLUSTSIZE	65536
 #define DIRENTSPERBLOCK	(mydata->sect_size / sizeof(dir_entry))