diff --git a/net/ipv4/netfilter/arp_tables.c b/net/ipv4/netfilter/arp_tables.c
index e95054c690c6..4b5d457c2d76 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/netfilter/arp_tables.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/netfilter/arp_tables.c
@@ -1066,6 +1066,7 @@ static int do_replace(struct net *net, const void __user *user,
 	/* overflow check */
 	if (tmp.num_counters >= INT_MAX / sizeof(struct xt_counters))
 		return -ENOMEM;
+	tmp.name[sizeof(tmp.name)-1] = 0;
 
 	newinfo = xt_alloc_table_info(tmp.size);
 	if (!newinfo)
@@ -1488,6 +1489,7 @@ static int compat_do_replace(struct net *net, void __user *user,
 		return -ENOMEM;
 	if (tmp.num_counters >= INT_MAX / sizeof(struct xt_counters))
 		return -ENOMEM;
+	tmp.name[sizeof(tmp.name)-1] = 0;
 
 	newinfo = xt_alloc_table_info(tmp.size);
 	if (!newinfo)
@@ -1740,6 +1742,7 @@ static int do_arpt_get_ctl(struct sock *sk, int cmd, void __user *user, int *len
 			ret = -EFAULT;
 			break;
 		}
+		rev.name[sizeof(rev.name)-1] = 0;
 
 		try_then_request_module(xt_find_revision(NFPROTO_ARP, rev.name,
 							 rev.revision, 1, &ret),