diff --git a/env/env_posix.cc b/env/env_posix.cc
index 77f28e1f50ee..07f5ee98a918 100644
--- a/env/env_posix.cc
+++ b/env/env_posix.cc
@@ -328,12 +328,16 @@ class PosixEnv : public CompositeEnv {
   }
 
   Status GetHostName(char* name, uint64_t len) override {
-    int ret = gethostname(name, static_cast<size_t>(len));
+    const size_t max_len = static_cast<size_t>(len);
+    int ret = gethostname(name, max_len);
     if (ret < 0) {
       if (errno == EFAULT || errno == EINVAL) {
         return Status::InvalidArgument(errnoStr(errno).c_str());
+      } else if (errno == ENAMETOOLONG) {
+        return IOError("GetHostName", std::string(name, strnlen(name, max_len)),
+                       errno);
       } else {
-        return IOError("GetHostName", name, errno);
+        return IOError("GetHostName", "", errno);
       }
     }
     return Status::OK();