diff --git a/quote.c b/quote.c
index acb6bf929f..fc93435727 100644
--- a/quote.c
+++ b/quote.c
@@ -213,7 +213,7 @@ static size_t quote_c_style_counted(const char *name, ssize_t maxlen,
 		int ch;
 
 		len = next_quote_pos(p, maxlen);
-		if (len == maxlen || !p[len])
+		if (len == maxlen || (maxlen < 0 && !p[len]))
 			break;
 
 		if (!no_dq && p == name)
@@ -223,6 +223,8 @@ static size_t quote_c_style_counted(const char *name, ssize_t maxlen,
 		EMIT('\\');
 		p += len;
 		ch = (unsigned char)*p++;
+		if (maxlen >= 0)
+			maxlen -= len + 1;
 		if (sq_lookup[ch] >= ' ') {
 			EMIT(sq_lookup[ch]);
 		} else {
diff --git a/t/t3902-quoted.sh b/t/t3902-quoted.sh
index 5868052425..14da45fe5a 100755
--- a/t/t3902-quoted.sh
+++ b/t/t3902-quoted.sh
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ for_each_name () {
 	for name in \
 	    Name "Name and a${LF}LF" "Name and an${HT}HT" "Name${DQ}" \
 	    "$FN$HT$GN" "$FN$LF$GN" "$FN $GN" "$FN$GN" "$FN$DQ$GN" \
-	    "With SP in it"
+	    "With SP in it" "caractère spécial/file"
 	do
 		eval "$1"
 	done
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ for_each_name () {
 
 test_expect_success setup '
 
+	mkdir "caractère spécial" &&
 	for_each_name "echo initial >\"\$name\""
 	git add . &&
 	git commit -q -m Initial &&
@@ -50,6 +51,7 @@ Name
 "Name and an\tHT"
 "Name\""
 With SP in it
+"caract\303\250re sp\303\251cial/file"
 "\346\277\261\351\207\216\t\347\264\224"
 "\346\277\261\351\207\216\n\347\264\224"
 "\346\277\261\351\207\216 \347\264\224"
@@ -63,6 +65,7 @@ Name
 "Name and an\tHT"
 "Name\""
 With SP in it
+caractère spécial/file
 "濱野\t純"
 "濱野\n純"
 濱野 純
@@ -97,6 +100,13 @@ test_expect_success 'check fully quoted output from diff-tree' '
 
 '
 
+test_expect_success 'check fully quoted output from ls-tree' '
+
+	git ls-tree --name-only -r HEAD >current &&
+	test_cmp expect.quoted current
+
+'
+
 test_expect_success 'setting core.quotepath' '
 
 	git config --bool core.quotepath false
@@ -130,4 +140,11 @@ test_expect_success 'check fully quoted output from diff-tree' '
 
 '
 
+test_expect_success 'check fully quoted output from ls-tree' '
+
+	git ls-tree --name-only -r HEAD >current &&
+	test_cmp expect.raw current
+
+'
+
 test_done