diff --git a/crates/wasmparser/src/binary_reader.rs b/crates/wasmparser/src/binary_reader.rs
index 4df0029072..7f77662dcc 100644
--- a/crates/wasmparser/src/binary_reader.rs
+++ b/crates/wasmparser/src/binary_reader.rs
@@ -688,6 +688,14 @@ impl<'a> BinaryReader<'a> {
         Ok(Ieee64(value))
     }
 
+    /// (internal) Reads a fixed-size WebAssembly string from the module.
+    fn internal_read_string(&mut self, len: usize) -> Result<&'a str> {
+        let bytes = self.read_bytes(len)?;
+        str::from_utf8(bytes).map_err(|_| {
+            BinaryReaderError::new("malformed UTF-8 encoding", self.original_position() - 1)
+        })
+    }
+
     /// Reads a WebAssembly string from the module.
     /// # Errors
     /// If `BinaryReader` has less than up to four bytes remaining, the string's
@@ -701,10 +709,13 @@ impl<'a> BinaryReader<'a> {
                 self.original_position() - 1,
             ));
         }
-        let bytes = self.read_bytes(len)?;
-        str::from_utf8(bytes).map_err(|_| {
-            BinaryReaderError::new("malformed UTF-8 encoding", self.original_position() - 1)
-        })
+        return self.internal_read_string(len);
+    }
+
+    /// Reads a unlimited WebAssembly string from the module.
+    pub fn read_unlimited_string(&mut self) -> Result<&'a str> {
+        let len = self.read_var_u32()? as usize;
+        return self.internal_read_string(len);
     }
 
     #[cold]
diff --git a/crates/wasmparser/src/readers/core/names.rs b/crates/wasmparser/src/readers/core/names.rs
index 986e89506c..ef192acb91 100644
--- a/crates/wasmparser/src/readers/core/names.rs
+++ b/crates/wasmparser/src/readers/core/names.rs
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ pub struct Naming<'a> {
 impl<'a> FromReader<'a> for Naming<'a> {
     fn from_reader(reader: &mut BinaryReader<'a>) -> Result<Self> {
         let index = reader.read_var_u32()?;
-        let name = reader.read_string()?;
+        let name = reader.read_unlimited_string()?;
         Ok(Naming { index, name })
     }
 }