diff --git a/compat/fsmonitor/fsm-listen-win32.c b/compat/fsmonitor/fsm-listen-win32.c
index 9bb9293559..2431492c3a 100644
--- a/compat/fsmonitor/fsm-listen-win32.c
+++ b/compat/fsmonitor/fsm-listen-win32.c
@@ -113,9 +113,9 @@ static struct one_watch *create_watch(struct fsmonitor_daemon_state *state,
 	DWORD share_mode =
 		FILE_SHARE_WRITE | FILE_SHARE_READ | FILE_SHARE_DELETE;
 	HANDLE hDir;
-	wchar_t wpath[MAX_LONG_PATH];
+	wchar_t wpath[MAX_PATH];
 
-	if (xutftowcs_long_path(wpath, path) < 0) {
+	if (xutftowcs_path(wpath, path) < 0) {
 		error(_("could not convert to wide characters: '%s'"), path);
 		return NULL;
 	}
diff --git a/compat/fsmonitor/fsm-settings-win32.c b/compat/fsmonitor/fsm-settings-win32.c
index 83d91f85ec..39e907046f 100644
--- a/compat/fsmonitor/fsm-settings-win32.c
+++ b/compat/fsmonitor/fsm-settings-win32.c
@@ -76,8 +76,8 @@ static enum fsmonitor_reason is_virtual(struct repository *r)
  */
 static enum fsmonitor_reason is_remote(struct repository *r)
 {
-	wchar_t wpath[MAX_LONG_PATH];
-	wchar_t wfullpath[MAX_LONG_PATH];
+	wchar_t wpath[MAX_PATH];
+	wchar_t wfullpath[MAX_PATH];
 	size_t wlen;
 	UINT driveType;
 
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ static enum fsmonitor_reason is_remote(struct repository *r)
 	 * Do everything in wide chars because the drive letter might be
 	 * a multi-byte sequence.  See win32_has_dos_drive_prefix().
 	 */
-	if (xutftowcs_long_path(wpath, r->worktree) < 0)
+	if (xutftowcs_path(wpath, r->worktree) < 0)
 		return FSMONITOR_REASON_ZERO;
 
 	/*
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ static enum fsmonitor_reason is_remote(struct repository *r)
 	 * slashes to backslashes.  This is essential to get GetDriveTypeW()
 	 * correctly handle some UNC "\\server\share\..." paths.
 	 */
-	if (!GetFullPathNameW(wpath, MAX_LONG_PATH, wfullpath, NULL))
+	if (!GetFullPathNameW(wpath, MAX_PATH, wfullpath, NULL))
 		return FSMONITOR_REASON_ZERO;
 
 	driveType = GetDriveTypeW(wfullpath);