diff --git a/net/packet/af_packet.c b/net/packet/af_packet.c
index 4e1058159b08..e788f9c7c398 100644
--- a/net/packet/af_packet.c
+++ b/net/packet/af_packet.c
@@ -3407,20 +3407,29 @@ static int packet_recvmsg(struct socket *sock, struct msghdr *msg, size_t len,
 	sock_recv_ts_and_drops(msg, sk, skb);
 
 	if (msg->msg_name) {
+		int copy_len;
+
 		/* If the address length field is there to be filled
 		 * in, we fill it in now.
 		 */
 		if (sock->type == SOCK_PACKET) {
 			__sockaddr_check_size(sizeof(struct sockaddr_pkt));
 			msg->msg_namelen = sizeof(struct sockaddr_pkt);
+			copy_len = msg->msg_namelen;
 		} else {
 			struct sockaddr_ll *sll = &PACKET_SKB_CB(skb)->sa.ll;
 
 			msg->msg_namelen = sll->sll_halen +
 				offsetof(struct sockaddr_ll, sll_addr);
+			copy_len = msg->msg_namelen;
+			if (msg->msg_namelen < sizeof(struct sockaddr_ll)) {
+				memset(msg->msg_name +
+				       offsetof(struct sockaddr_ll, sll_addr),
+				       0, sizeof(sll->sll_addr));
+				msg->msg_namelen = sizeof(struct sockaddr_ll);
+			}
 		}
-		memcpy(msg->msg_name, &PACKET_SKB_CB(skb)->sa,
-		       msg->msg_namelen);
+		memcpy(msg->msg_name, &PACKET_SKB_CB(skb)->sa, copy_len);
 	}
 
 	if (pkt_sk(sk)->auxdata) {