diff --git a/Kernel/Syscalls/readlink.cpp b/Kernel/Syscalls/readlink.cpp
index 0d2d187456..1f4c0f1cae 100644
--- a/Kernel/Syscalls/readlink.cpp
+++ b/Kernel/Syscalls/readlink.cpp
@@ -22,11 +22,16 @@ ErrorOr<FlatPtr> Process::sys$readlink(Userspace<Syscall::SC_readlink_params con
     if (!description->metadata().is_symlink())
         return EINVAL;
 
-    auto link_target = TRY(description->read_entire_file());
-    auto size_to_copy = min(link_target->size(), params.buffer.size);
-    TRY(copy_to_user(params.buffer.data, link_target->data(), size_to_copy));
+    // Make sure that our assumptions about the path length hold up.
+    // Note that this doesn't mean that the reported size can be trusted, some inodes just report zero.
+    VERIFY(description->inode()->size() <= MAXPATHLEN);
+
+    Array<u8, MAXPATHLEN> link_target;
+    auto read_bytes = TRY(description->inode()->read_until_filled_or_end(0, link_target.size(), UserOrKernelBuffer::for_kernel_buffer(link_target.data()), description));
+    auto size_to_copy = min(read_bytes, params.buffer.size);
+    TRY(copy_to_user(params.buffer.data, link_target.data(), size_to_copy));
     // Note: we return the whole size here, not the copied size.
-    return link_target->size();
+    return read_bytes;
 }
 
 }