diff --git a/net/tipc/netlink_compat.c b/net/tipc/netlink_compat.c
index c6a04c09d075c92f5f4333f7a7924d384c93a314..cf155061c4724558767f17ecccdfceef23dce937 100644
--- a/net/tipc/netlink_compat.c
+++ b/net/tipc/netlink_compat.c
@@ -445,7 +445,11 @@ static int tipc_nl_compat_bearer_disable(struct tipc_nl_compat_cmd_doit *cmd,
 	if (!bearer)
 		return -EMSGSIZE;
 
-	len = min_t(int, TLV_GET_DATA_LEN(msg->req), TIPC_MAX_BEARER_NAME);
+	len = TLV_GET_DATA_LEN(msg->req);
+	if (len <= 0)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	len = min_t(int, len, TIPC_MAX_BEARER_NAME);
 	if (!string_is_valid(name, len))
 		return -EINVAL;
 
@@ -539,7 +543,11 @@ static int tipc_nl_compat_link_stat_dump(struct tipc_nl_compat_msg *msg,
 
 	name = (char *)TLV_DATA(msg->req);
 
-	len = min_t(int, TLV_GET_DATA_LEN(msg->req), TIPC_MAX_LINK_NAME);
+	len = TLV_GET_DATA_LEN(msg->req);
+	if (len <= 0)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	len = min_t(int, len, TIPC_MAX_BEARER_NAME);
 	if (!string_is_valid(name, len))
 		return -EINVAL;
 
@@ -817,7 +825,11 @@ static int tipc_nl_compat_link_reset_stats(struct tipc_nl_compat_cmd_doit *cmd,
 	if (!link)
 		return -EMSGSIZE;
 
-	len = min_t(int, TLV_GET_DATA_LEN(msg->req), TIPC_MAX_LINK_NAME);
+	len = TLV_GET_DATA_LEN(msg->req);
+	if (len <= 0)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	len = min_t(int, len, TIPC_MAX_BEARER_NAME);
 	if (!string_is_valid(name, len))
 		return -EINVAL;