diff --git a/inotify.go b/inotify.go
index d9fd1b88..c56556f4 100644
--- a/inotify.go
+++ b/inotify.go
@@ -272,7 +272,7 @@ func (w *Watcher) readEvents() {
 
 			if nameLen > 0 {
 				// Point "bytes" at the first byte of the filename
-				bytes := (*[unix.PathMax]byte)(unsafe.Pointer(&buf[offset+unix.SizeofInotifyEvent]))
+				bytes := (*[unix.PathMax]byte)(unsafe.Pointer(&buf[offset+unix.SizeofInotifyEvent]))[:nameLen:nameLen]
 				// The filename is padded with NULL bytes. TrimRight() gets rid of those.
 				name += "/" + strings.TrimRight(string(bytes[0:nameLen]), "\000")
 			}