diff --git a/drivers/net/netconsole.c b/drivers/net/netconsole.c
index d144787b2947..1b6a4135ec08 100644
--- a/drivers/net/netconsole.c
+++ b/drivers/net/netconsole.c
@@ -1679,7 +1679,8 @@ static void send_msg_no_fragmentation(struct netconsole_target *nt,
 	if (release_len) {
 		release = init_utsname()->release;
 
-		scnprintf(nt->buf, MAX_PRINT_CHUNK, "%s,%s", release, msg);
+		scnprintf(nt->buf, MAX_PRINT_CHUNK, "%s,%.*s", release,
+			  msg_len, msg);
 		msg_len += release_len;
 	} else {
 		memcpy(nt->buf, msg, msg_len);