diff --git a/Component.php b/Component.php
index dcbe764c5..6768fdcbb 100644
--- a/Component.php
+++ b/Component.php
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ protected function extractBladeViewFromString($contents)
             return static::$bladeViewCache[$key];
         }
 
-        if (strlen($contents) <= PHP_MAXPATHLEN && $this->factory()->exists($contents)) {
+        if ($this->factory()->exists($contents)) {
             return static::$bladeViewCache[$key] = $contents;
         }
 
diff --git a/FileViewFinder.php b/FileViewFinder.php
index 107bf7c36..4b2f32679 100755
--- a/FileViewFinder.php
+++ b/FileViewFinder.php
@@ -128,7 +128,9 @@ protected function findInPaths($name, $paths)
     {
         foreach ((array) $paths as $path) {
             foreach ($this->getPossibleViewFiles($name) as $file) {
-                if ($this->files->exists($viewPath = $path.'/'.$file)) {
+                $viewPath = $path.'/'.$file;
+
+                if (strlen($viewPath) <= PHP_MAXPATHLEN && $this->files->exists($viewPath)) {
                     return $viewPath;
                 }
             }