diff --git a/net/compat.c b/net/compat.c
index 9a76eaf63184753d6020eb1f3a9ab51299b1ae02..bc8aeefddf3f23cb259b15c319e05949b9f78901 100644
--- a/net/compat.c
+++ b/net/compat.c
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ int verify_compat_iovec(struct msghdr *kern_msg, struct iovec *kern_iov,
 {
 	int tot_len;
 
-	if (kern_msg->msg_namelen) {
+	if (kern_msg->msg_name && kern_msg->msg_namelen) {
 		if (mode == VERIFY_READ) {
 			int err = move_addr_to_kernel(kern_msg->msg_name,
 						      kern_msg->msg_namelen,
@@ -93,10 +93,11 @@ int verify_compat_iovec(struct msghdr *kern_msg, struct iovec *kern_iov,
 			if (err < 0)
 				return err;
 		}
-		if (kern_msg->msg_name)
-			kern_msg->msg_name = kern_address;
-	} else
+		kern_msg->msg_name = kern_address;
+	} else {
 		kern_msg->msg_name = NULL;
+		kern_msg->msg_namelen = 0;
+	}
 
 	tot_len = iov_from_user_compat_to_kern(kern_iov,
 					  (struct compat_iovec __user *)kern_msg->msg_iov,
diff --git a/net/core/iovec.c b/net/core/iovec.c
index 827dd6beb49c4c70adc2960f1b3046eb48a03574..e1ec45ab1e63c6909073691907c80e57bac89643 100644
--- a/net/core/iovec.c
+++ b/net/core/iovec.c
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ int verify_iovec(struct msghdr *m, struct iovec *iov, struct sockaddr_storage *a
 {
 	int size, ct, err;
 
-	if (m->msg_namelen) {
+	if (m->msg_name && m->msg_namelen) {
 		if (mode == VERIFY_READ) {
 			void __user *namep;
 			namep = (void __user __force *) m->msg_name;
@@ -48,10 +48,10 @@ int verify_iovec(struct msghdr *m, struct iovec *iov, struct sockaddr_storage *a
 			if (err < 0)
 				return err;
 		}
-		if (m->msg_name)
-			m->msg_name = address;
+		m->msg_name = address;
 	} else {
 		m->msg_name = NULL;
+		m->msg_namelen = 0;
 	}
 
 	size = m->msg_iovlen * sizeof(struct iovec);