diff --git a/libntfs-3g/attrib.c b/libntfs-3g/attrib.c
index 1d5eb57b..b790908c 100644
--- a/libntfs-3g/attrib.c
+++ b/libntfs-3g/attrib.c
@@ -3547,6 +3547,14 @@ int ntfs_attr_size_bounds_check(const ntfs_volume *vol, const ATTR_TYPES type,
 	
 	min_size = sle64_to_cpu(ad->min_size);
 	max_size = sle64_to_cpu(ad->max_size);
+
+	/* The $AttrDef generated by Windows specifies 2 as min_size for the
+	 * volume name attribute, but in reality Windows sets it to 0 when
+	 * clearing the volume name. If we want to be able to clear the volume
+	 * name we must also accept 0 as min_size, despite the $AttrDef
+	 * definition. */
+	if(type == AT_VOLUME_NAME)
+		min_size = 0;
 	
 	if ((min_size && (size < min_size)) || 
 	    ((max_size > 0) && (size > max_size))) {