diff --git a/gio/glocalfile.c b/gio/glocalfile.c
index 03c3aec..ce0e764 100644
--- a/gio/glocalfile.c
+++ b/gio/glocalfile.c
@@ -1985,6 +1985,8 @@ g_local_file_trash (GFile         *file,
   GVfs *vfs;
   int errsv;
   gboolean is_local_file_in_usershare = FALSE;
+  GError *set_contents_error;
+  FILE *info_file;
 
   if (glib_should_use_portal ())
     return g_trash_portal_trash_file (file, error);
@@ -2276,9 +2278,24 @@ g_local_file_trash (GFile         *file,
 			  original_name_escaped, delete_time);
   g_free (delete_time);
 
+  set_contents_error = NULL;
   g_file_set_contents_full (infofile, data, -1,
                             G_FILE_SET_CONTENTS_CONSISTENT | G_FILE_SET_CONTENTS_ONLY_EXISTING,
-                            0600, NULL);
+                            0600, &set_contents_error);
+  if (set_contents_error) {
+#ifdef G_OS_UNIX
+    if (g_error_matches (set_contents_error, G_FILE_ERROR, G_FILE_ERROR_NAMETOOLONG)) {
+      // direct write file
+      info_file = fopen (infofile, "w");
+      if (info_file) {
+        fwrite (data, 1, strlen(data), info_file);
+        fflush (info_file);
+        fclose (info_file);
+      }
+    }
+#endif
+    g_error_free (set_contents_error);
+  }
 
   /* TODO: Maybe we should verify that you can delete the file from the trash
    * before moving it? OTOH, that is hard, as it needs a recursive scan