diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmfmac/common.c b/drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmfmac/common.c
index 789930806d03ad..fc5232a8965354 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmfmac/common.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmfmac/common.c
@@ -319,15 +319,17 @@ int brcmf_c_preinit_dcmds(struct brcmf_if *ifp)
 	if (err) {
 		brcmf_dbg(TRACE, "retrieving clmver failed, %d\n", err);
 	} else {
+		buf[sizeof(buf) - 1] = '\0';
 		clmver = (char *)buf;
-		/* store CLM version for adding it to revinfo debugfs file */
-		memcpy(ifp->drvr->clmver, clmver, sizeof(ifp->drvr->clmver));
 
 		/* Replace all newline/linefeed characters with space
 		 * character
 		 */
 		strreplace(clmver, '\n', ' ');
 
+		/* store CLM version for adding it to revinfo debugfs file */
+		memcpy(ifp->drvr->clmver, clmver, sizeof(ifp->drvr->clmver));
+
 		brcmf_dbg(INFO, "CLM version = %s\n", clmver);
 	}