diff --git a/mediachanger/castorrmc/h/Castor_limits.h b/mediachanger/castorrmc/h/Castor_limits.h
index e89c60f6dab5a262d2a55de937125bb773873911..99818cb050179e5ac8df0f392af615650ccbb999 100644
--- a/mediachanger/castorrmc/h/Castor_limits.h
+++ b/mediachanger/castorrmc/h/Castor_limits.h
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
 #define	CA_MAXMIGRNAMELEN 15	/* maximum length for a migrator name */
 #define	CA_MAXMLLEN        1	/* maximum length for a cartridge media_letter */
 #define	CA_MAXMODELLEN     6	/* maximum length for a cartridge model */
-#define	CA_MAXNAMELEN    231	/* maximum length for a pathname component */
+#define	CA_MAXNAMELEN    255	/* maximum length for a pathname component */
 #define	CA_MAXNBDRIVES    32	/* maximum number of tape drives per server */
 #define	CA_MAXPATHLEN   1023	/* maximum length for a pathname */
 #define CA_MAXPOOLNAMELEN 15	/* maximum length for a pool name */