diff --git a/libntfs/attrlist.c b/libntfs/attrlist.c
index 6375187e..44a68d0a 100644
--- a/libntfs/attrlist.c
+++ b/libntfs/attrlist.c
@@ -202,7 +202,7 @@ int ntfs_attrlist_entry_add(ntfs_inode *ni, ATTR_RECORD *attr)
 		ale->lowest_vcn = 0;
 	ale->mft_reference = mref;
 	ale->instance = attr->instance;
-	memcpy(ale->name, (u8 *)attr + attr->name_offset,
+	memcpy(ale->name, (u8 *)attr + le16_to_cpu(attr->name_offset),
 			attr->name_length * sizeof(ntfschar));
 
 	/* Set new runlist. */