1 files changed, 2 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/kernel/bpf/syscall.c b/kernel/bpf/syscall.c
index 0048cb24ba7b..d124e702e040 100644
--- a/kernel/bpf/syscall.c
+++ b/kernel/bpf/syscall.c
@@ -322,6 +322,8 @@ static int bpf_obj_name_cpy(char *dst, const char *src)
 {
         const char *end = src + BPF_OBJ_NAME_LEN;
 
+        memset(dst, 0, BPF_OBJ_NAME_LEN);
+
         /* Copy all isalnum() and '_' char */
         while (src < end && *src) {
                 if (!isalnum(*src) && *src != '_')
@@ -333,9 +335,6 @@ static int bpf_obj_name_cpy(char *dst, const char *src)
         if (src == end)
                 return -EINVAL;
 
-        /* '\0' terminates dst */
-        *dst = 0;
-
         return 0;
 }