diff --git a/net/llc/af_llc.c b/net/llc/af_llc.c
index 88709882c4641f7d147fbeaa9f48323cfc8637eb..48aaa89253e037c9b7f2e07f3bc1d03d837266fd 100644
--- a/net/llc/af_llc.c
+++ b/net/llc/af_llc.c
@@ -720,6 +720,8 @@ static int llc_ui_recvmsg(struct kiocb *iocb, struct socket *sock,
 	int target;	/* Read at least this many bytes */
 	long timeo;
 
+	msg->msg_namelen = 0;
+
 	lock_sock(sk);
 	copied = -ENOTCONN;
 	if (unlikely(sk->sk_type == SOCK_STREAM && sk->sk_state == TCP_LISTEN))