diff --git a/net/bluetooth/hci_sock.c b/net/bluetooth/hci_sock.c
index ab4533244950..a7e5bca9f7e4 100644
--- a/net/bluetooth/hci_sock.c
+++ b/net/bluetooth/hci_sock.c
@@ -430,7 +430,8 @@ static struct sk_buff *create_monitor_event(struct hci_dev *hdev, int event)
 		ni->type = hdev->dev_type;
 		ni->bus = hdev->bus;
 		bacpy(&ni->bdaddr, &hdev->bdaddr);
-		memcpy(ni->name, hdev->name, strlen(hdev->name));
+		memcpy_and_pad(ni->name, sizeof(ni->name), hdev->name,
+			       strnlen(hdev->name, sizeof(ni->name)), '\0');
 
 		opcode = cpu_to_le16(HCI_MON_NEW_INDEX);
 		break;