diff --git a/drivers/nvme/target/fabrics-cmd.c b/drivers/nvme/target/fabrics-cmd.c
index 58544f9bbc20..d4036508f32a 100644
--- a/drivers/nvme/target/fabrics-cmd.c
+++ b/drivers/nvme/target/fabrics-cmd.c
@@ -182,6 +182,8 @@ static void nvmet_execute_admin_connect(struct nvmet_req *req)
 		goto out;
 	}
 
+	d->subsysnqn[NVMF_NQN_FIELD_LEN - 1] = '\0';
+	d->hostnqn[NVMF_NQN_FIELD_LEN - 1] = '\0';
 	status = nvmet_alloc_ctrl(d->subsysnqn, d->hostnqn, req,
 				  le32_to_cpu(c->kato), &ctrl);
 	if (status) {
@@ -237,6 +239,8 @@ static void nvmet_execute_io_connect(struct nvmet_req *req)
 		goto out;
 	}
 
+	d->subsysnqn[NVMF_NQN_FIELD_LEN - 1] = '\0';
+	d->hostnqn[NVMF_NQN_FIELD_LEN - 1] = '\0';
 	ctrl = nvmet_ctrl_find_get(d->subsysnqn, d->hostnqn,
 				   le16_to_cpu(d->cntlid), req);
 	if (!ctrl) {