diff --git a/modules/menu/menu.admin.inc b/modules/menu/menu.admin.inc
index 7b5882c5301..d9b98ccbe49 100644
--- a/modules/menu/menu.admin.inc
+++ b/modules/menu/menu.admin.inc
@@ -286,6 +286,7 @@ function menu_edit_item($form, &$form_state, $type, $item, $menu) {
     $form['link_path'] = array(
       '#type' => 'textfield',
       '#title' => t('Path'),
+      '#maxlength' => 255,
       '#default_value' => $path,
       '#description' => t('The path for this menu link. This can be an internal Drupal path such as %add-node or an external URL such as %drupal. Enter %front to link to the front page.', array('%front' => '<front>', '%add-node' => 'node/add', '%drupal' => 'http://drupal.org')),
       '#required' => TRUE,