diff --git a/include/net/bluetooth/hci_mon.h b/include/net/bluetooth/hci_mon.h
index 240786b04a46..e22c289503b5 100644
--- a/include/net/bluetooth/hci_mon.h
+++ b/include/net/bluetooth/hci_mon.h
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ struct hci_mon_new_index {
 	__u8		type;
 	__u8		bus;
 	bdaddr_t	bdaddr;
-	char		name[8];
+	char		name[8] __nonstring;
 } __packed;
 #define HCI_MON_NEW_INDEX_SIZE 16
 
diff --git a/net/bluetooth/hci_sock.c b/net/bluetooth/hci_sock.c
index f18c081f5a5b..1d08f7b78fa0 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;