diff --git a/net/ipv4/arp.c b/net/ipv4/arp.c
index d409f606aec0..60009d92e071 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/arp.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/arp.c
@@ -1278,6 +1278,7 @@ int arp_ioctl(struct net *net, unsigned int cmd, void __user *arg)
 		err = copy_from_user(&r, arg, sizeof(struct arpreq));
 		if (err)
 			return -EFAULT;
+		r.arp_dev[IFNAMSIZ - 1] = '\0';
 		break;
 	default:
 		return -EINVAL;