diff --git a/net/bluetooth/hci_sock.c b/net/bluetooth/hci_sock.c
index 5e4f718073b7ea8b62670df610c6552aa6cd325e..72abe54c45dd36d3659b34043de1a962bd1a47ee 100644
--- a/net/bluetooth/hci_sock.c
+++ b/net/bluetooth/hci_sock.c
@@ -488,7 +488,7 @@ 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, 8);
+		memcpy(ni->name, hdev->name, strlen(hdev->name));
 
 		opcode = cpu_to_le16(HCI_MON_NEW_INDEX);
 		break;