diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/admin/templates/components/admin-user-field-item.hbs b/app/assets/javascripts/admin/templates/components/admin-user-field-item.hbs
index 419ef0b69cf..99f1de8ce24 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/admin/templates/components/admin-user-field-item.hbs
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/admin/templates/components/admin-user-field-item.hbs
@@ -4,11 +4,11 @@
   {{/admin-form-row}}
 
   {{#admin-form-row label="admin.user_fields.name"}}
-    {{input value=buffered.name class="user-field-name"}}
+    {{input value=buffered.name class="user-field-name" maxlength="255"}}
   {{/admin-form-row}}
 
   {{#admin-form-row label="admin.user_fields.description"}}
-    {{input value=buffered.description class="user-field-desc"}}
+    {{input value=buffered.description class="user-field-desc" maxlength="255"}}
   {{/admin-form-row}}
 
   {{#if bufferedFieldType.hasOptions}}