diff --git a/lisp/tramp-sh.el b/lisp/tramp-sh.el
index 05cd2778..7b289053 100644
--- a/lisp/tramp-sh.el
+++ b/lisp/tramp-sh.el
@@ -1295,43 +1295,93 @@ Operations not mentioned here will be handled by the normal Emacs functions.")

 (defun tramp-do-file-attributes-with-ls (vec localname)
   "Implement `file-attributes' for Tramp files using the ls(1) command."
-  (let (symlinkp dirp
+  (let ((optimized (tramp-compat-length< localname 255))
+	symlinkp dirp
 	res-inode res-filemodes res-numlinks
 	res-uid-string res-gid-string res-uid-integer res-gid-integer
 	res-size res-symlink-target res-context)
     (tramp-message vec 5 "file attributes with ls: %s" localname)
-    ;; We cannot send both commands combined, it could exceed NAME_MAX
-    ;; or PATH_MAX.  Happened on macOS, for example.
-    (when (tramp-send-command-and-check
-           vec
-           (format "cd %s && (%s %s || %s -h %s)"
-		   (tramp-shell-quote-argument
-		    (tramp-run-real-handler
-		     #'file-name-directory (list localname)))
-		   (tramp-get-file-exists-command vec)
-		   (if (string-empty-p (file-name-nondirectory localname))
-		       "."
-                     (tramp-shell-quote-argument
-		      (file-name-nondirectory localname)))
-                   (tramp-get-test-command vec)
-		   (if (string-empty-p (file-name-nondirectory localname))
-		       "."
-                     (tramp-shell-quote-argument
-		      (file-name-nondirectory localname)))))
-      (tramp-send-command
-       vec
-       (format "%s -ild %s %s; %s -lnd%s %s %s"
-               (tramp-get-ls-command vec)
-               ;; On systems which have no quoting style, file names
-               ;; with special characters could fail.
-               (tramp-sh--quoting-style-options vec)
-               (tramp-shell-quote-argument localname)
-               (tramp-get-ls-command vec)
-	       (if (tramp-remote-selinux-p vec) "Z" "")
-               ;; On systems which have no quoting style, file names
-               ;; with special characters could fail.
-               (tramp-sh--quoting-style-options vec)
-               (tramp-shell-quote-argument localname)))
+    ;; We cannot send both commands combined, it could exceed
+    ;; NAME_MAX, LINE_MAX or PATH_MAX.  Happened on macOS or NetBSD,
+    ;; for example.  As a heuristic, we check whether the file name is
+    ;; less than 255.  See Bug#65324.
+    (when (if optimized
+	      (tramp-send-command-and-check
+	       vec
+	       (format "cd %s && (%s %s || %s -h %s)"
+		       (tramp-shell-quote-argument
+			(tramp-run-real-handler
+			 #'file-name-directory (list localname)))
+		       (tramp-get-file-exists-command vec)
+		       (if (string-empty-p (file-name-nondirectory localname))
+			   "."
+			 (tramp-shell-quote-argument
+			  (file-name-nondirectory localname)))
+		       (tramp-get-test-command vec)
+		       (if (string-empty-p (file-name-nondirectory localname))
+			   "."
+			 (tramp-shell-quote-argument
+			  (file-name-nondirectory localname)))))
+
+	    ;; Send single commands.
+	    (or (tramp-send-command-and-check
+		 vec
+		 (format "cd %s && %s %s"
+			 (tramp-shell-quote-argument
+			  (tramp-run-real-handler
+			   #'file-name-directory (list localname)))
+			 (tramp-get-file-exists-command vec)
+			 (if (string-empty-p (file-name-nondirectory localname))
+			     "."
+			   (tramp-shell-quote-argument
+			    (file-name-nondirectory localname)))))
+		(tramp-send-command-and-check
+		 vec
+		 (format "%s -h %s"
+			 (tramp-get-test-command vec)
+			 (if (string-empty-p (file-name-nondirectory localname))
+			     "."
+			   (tramp-shell-quote-argument
+			    (file-name-nondirectory localname)))))))
+
+      (if optimized
+	  (tramp-send-command
+	   vec
+	   (format "%s -ild %s %s; %s -lnd%s %s %s"
+		   (tramp-get-ls-command vec)
+		   ;; On systems which have no quoting style, file
+		   ;; names with special characters could fail.
+		   (tramp-sh--quoting-style-options vec)
+		   (tramp-shell-quote-argument localname)
+		   (tramp-get-ls-command vec)
+		   (if (tramp-remote-selinux-p vec) "Z" "")
+		   ;; On systems which have no quoting style, file
+		   ;; names with special characters could fail.
+		   (tramp-sh--quoting-style-options vec)
+		   (tramp-shell-quote-argument localname)))
+
+	;; Send single commands.
+	(with-current-buffer (tramp-get-buffer vec)
+	  (tramp-send-command
+	   vec
+	   (format "%s -ild %s %s"
+		   (tramp-get-ls-command vec)
+		   ;; On systems which have no quoting style, file
+		   ;; names with special characters could fail.
+		   (tramp-sh--quoting-style-options vec)
+		   (tramp-shell-quote-argument localname)))
+	  (narrow-to-region (point-max) (point-max))
+	  (tramp-send-command
+	   vec
+	   (format "%s -lnd%s %s %s"
+		   (tramp-get-ls-command vec)
+		   (if (tramp-remote-selinux-p vec) "Z" "")
+		   ;; On systems which have no quoting style, file
+		   ;; names with special characters could fail.
+		   (tramp-sh--quoting-style-options vec)
+		   (tramp-shell-quote-argument localname)))
+	  (widen)))
+
       ;; Parse `ls -l' output ...
       (with-current-buffer (tramp-get-buffer vec)
         (when (> (buffer-size) 0)