diff --git a/net/wireless/sme.c b/net/wireless/sme.c
index 70881782c25c..5904c869085c 100644
--- a/net/wireless/sme.c
+++ b/net/wireless/sme.c
@@ -915,13 +915,16 @@ void __cfg80211_connect_result(struct net_device *dev,
 	if (!wdev->u.client.ssid_len) {
 		rcu_read_lock();
 		for_each_valid_link(cr, link) {
+			u32 ssid_len;
+
 			ssid = ieee80211_bss_get_elem(cr->links[link].bss,
 						      WLAN_EID_SSID);
 
 			if (!ssid || !ssid->datalen)
 				continue;
 
-			memcpy(wdev->u.client.ssid, ssid->data, ssid->datalen);
+			ssid_len = min(ssid->datalen, IEEE80211_MAX_SSID_LEN);
+			memcpy(wdev->u.client.ssid, ssid->data, ssid_len);
 			wdev->u.client.ssid_len = ssid->datalen;
 			break;
 		}