diff --git a/net/netfilter/nfnetlink_hook.c b/net/netfilter/nfnetlink_hook.c
index 202f57d17bab8474aea378a3955a76a29796874f..ca453c61dbdfcb90e9b994713455b029109309b2 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nfnetlink_hook.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nfnetlink_hook.c
@@ -135,6 +135,7 @@ static int nfnl_hook_dump_one(struct sk_buff *nlskb,
 	if (module_name) {
 		char *end;
 
+		*module_name = '\0';
 		module_name += 2;
 		end = strchr(module_name, ']');
 		if (end) {