diff --git a/net/core/dev_ioctl.c b/net/core/dev_ioctl.c
index b94b1d293506..151e047ce072 100644
--- a/net/core/dev_ioctl.c
+++ b/net/core/dev_ioctl.c
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ static int dev_ifname(struct net *net, struct ifreq __user *arg)
 
 	if (copy_from_user(&ifr, arg, sizeof(struct ifreq)))
 		return -EFAULT;
+	ifr.ifr_name[IFNAMSIZ-1] = 0;
 
 	error = netdev_get_name(net, ifr.ifr_name, ifr.ifr_ifindex);
 	if (error)