diff --git a/gnu/build/file-systems.scm b/gnu/build/file-systems.scm
index bbea4c766e..4ac672d96f 100644
--- a/gnu/build/file-systems.scm
+++ b/gnu/build/file-systems.scm
@@ -98,6 +98,22 @@ (define (read-superblock device offset size magic?)
 (define null-terminated-latin1->string
   (cut latin1->string <> zero?))
 
+(define (bytevector-utf16-length bv)
+  "Given a bytevector BV containing a NUL-terminated UTF16-encoded string,
+determine where the NUL terminator is and return its index.  If there's no
+NUL terminator, return the size of the bytevector."
+  (let ((length (bytevector-length bv)))
+    (let loop ((index 0))
+      (if (< index length)
+          (if (zero? (bytevector-u16-ref bv index 'little))
+              index
+              (loop (+ index 2)))
+          length))))
+
+(define (null-terminated-utf16->string bv endianness)
+  (utf16->string (sub-bytevector bv 0 (bytevector-utf16-length bv))
+                 endianness))
+
 
 ;;;
 ;;; Ext2 file systems.
@@ -377,7 +393,9 @@ (define (f2fs-superblock-uuid sblock)
 (define (f2fs-superblock-volume-name sblock)
   "Return the volume name of SBLOCK as a string of at most 512 characters, or
 #f if SBLOCK has no volume name."
-  (utf16->string (sub-bytevector sblock (- (+ #x470 12) #x400) 512) %f2fs-endianness))
+  (null-terminated-utf16->string
+   (sub-bytevector sblock (- (+ #x470 12) #x400) 512)
+   %f2fs-endianness))
 
 (define (check-f2fs-file-system device)
   "Return the health of a F2FS file system on DEVICE."