diff --git a/pkg/names/generate.go b/pkg/names/generate.go
index 79bd2affa4d..493408c5620 100644
--- a/pkg/names/generate.go
+++ b/pkg/names/generate.go
@@ -58,13 +58,14 @@ func (simpleNameGenerator) RestrictLengthWithRandomSuffix(base string) string {
 	return fmt.Sprintf("%s-%s", base, utilrand.String(randomLength))
 }
 
+var alphaNumericRE = regexp.MustCompile(`^[a-zA-Z0-9]+$`)
+
 func (simpleNameGenerator) RestrictLength(base string) string {
 	if len(base) > maxNameLength {
 		base = base[:maxNameLength]
 	}
-	var isAlphaNumeric = regexp.MustCompile(`^[a-zA-Z0-9]+$`).MatchString
 
-	for !isAlphaNumeric(base[len(base)-1:]) {
+	for !alphaNumericRE.MatchString(base[len(base)-1:]) {
 		base = base[:len(base)-1]
 	}
 	return base
diff --git a/pkg/names/generate_test.go b/pkg/names/generate_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..c0e597a5b04
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/names/generate_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
+/*
+Copyright 2019 The Tekton Authors
+
+Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+limitations under the License.
+*/
+
+package names
+
+import (
+	"strings"
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/tektoncd/pipeline/test/names"
+)
+
+func TestRestrictLengthWithRandomSuffix(t *testing.T) {
+	for _, c := range []struct {
+		in, want string
+	}{{
+		in:   "hello",
+		want: "hello-9l9zj",
+	}, {
+		in:   strings.Repeat("a", 100),
+		want: strings.Repeat("a", 57) + "-9l9zj",
+	}} {
+		t.Run(c.in, func(t *testing.T) {
+			names.TestingSeed()
+			got := SimpleNameGenerator.RestrictLengthWithRandomSuffix(c.in)
+			if got != c.want {
+				t.Errorf("RestrictLengthWithRandomSuffix:\n got %q\nwant %q", got, c.want)
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}
+
+func TestRestrictLength(t *testing.T) {
+	for _, c := range []struct {
+		in, want string
+	}{{
+		in:   "hello",
+		want: "hello",
+	}, {
+		in:   strings.Repeat("a", 100),
+		want: strings.Repeat("a", maxNameLength),
+	}, {
+		// Values that don't end with an alphanumeric value are
+		// trimmed until they do.
+		in:   "abcdefg   !@#!$",
+		want: "abcdefg",
+	}} {
+		t.Run(c.in, func(t *testing.T) {
+			got := SimpleNameGenerator.RestrictLength(c.in)
+			if got != c.want {
+				t.Errorf("RestrictLength:\n got %q\nwant %q", got, c.want)
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}
diff --git a/pkg/pod/creds_init.go b/pkg/pod/creds_init.go
index dd4c7c2be98..376a1508473 100644
--- a/pkg/pod/creds_init.go
+++ b/pkg/pod/creds_init.go
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/tektoncd/pipeline/pkg/credentials"
 	"github.com/tektoncd/pipeline/pkg/credentials/dockercreds"
 	"github.com/tektoncd/pipeline/pkg/credentials/gitcreds"
+	"github.com/tektoncd/pipeline/pkg/names"
 	corev1 "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
 	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
 	"k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes"
@@ -64,7 +65,7 @@ func credsInit(credsImage string, serviceAccountName, namespace string, kubeclie
 		}
 
 		if matched {
-			name := fmt.Sprintf("tekton-internal-secret-volume-%s", secret.Name)
+			name := names.SimpleNameGenerator.RestrictLength(fmt.Sprintf("tekton-internal-secret-volume-%s", secret.Name))
 			volumeMounts = append(volumeMounts, corev1.VolumeMount{
 				Name:      name,
 				MountPath: credentials.VolumeName(secret.Name),