diff --git a/compat/mingw.c b/compat/mingw.c
index b958a60c37..9a4ce837d7 100644
--- a/compat/mingw.c
+++ b/compat/mingw.c
@@ -736,8 +736,8 @@ int mingw_lstat(const char *file_name, struct stat *buf)
 		buf->st_nlink = 1;
 		buf->st_mode = file_attr_to_st_mode(fdata.dwFileAttributes,
 				findbuf.dwReserved0);
-		buf->st_size = fdata.nFileSizeLow |
-			(((off_t)fdata.nFileSizeHigh)<<32);
+		buf->st_size = S_ISLNK(buf->st_mode) ? MAX_LONG_PATH :
+			fdata.nFileSizeLow | (((off_t) fdata.nFileSizeHigh) << 32);
 		buf->st_dev = buf->st_rdev = 0; /* not used by Git */
 		filetime_to_timespec(&(fdata.ftLastAccessTime), &(buf->st_atim));
 		filetime_to_timespec(&(fdata.ftLastWriteTime), &(buf->st_mtim));
diff --git a/compat/win32/fscache.c b/compat/win32/fscache.c
index 60aeeb1293..345d7b226b 100644
--- a/compat/win32/fscache.c
+++ b/compat/win32/fscache.c
@@ -151,8 +151,8 @@ static struct fsentry *fseentry_create_entry(struct fsentry *list,
 
 	fse->st_mode = file_attr_to_st_mode(fdata->dwFileAttributes,
 			fdata->dwReserved0);
-	fse->st_size = (((off64_t) (fdata->nFileSizeHigh)) << 32)
-			| fdata->nFileSizeLow;
+	fse->st_size = S_ISLNK(fse->st_mode) ? MAX_LONG_PATH :
+			fdata->nFileSizeLow | (((off_t) fdata->nFileSizeHigh) << 32);
 	filetime_to_timespec(&(fdata->ftLastAccessTime), &(fse->st_atim));
 	filetime_to_timespec(&(fdata->ftLastWriteTime), &(fse->st_mtim));
 	filetime_to_timespec(&(fdata->ftCreationTime), &(fse->st_ctim));