diff --git a/net/irda/iriap.c b/net/irda/iriap.c
index fce364c..5b743bd 100644
--- a/net/irda/iriap.c
+++ b/net/irda/iriap.c
@@ -502,7 +502,8 @@
 		IRDA_DEBUG(4, "%s(), strlen=%d\n", __func__, value_len);
 
 		/* Make sure the string is null-terminated */
-		fp[n+value_len] = 0x00;
+		if (n + value_len < skb->len)
+			fp[n + value_len] = 0x00;
 		IRDA_DEBUG(4, "Got string %s\n", fp+n);
 
 		/* Will truncate to IAS_MAX_STRING bytes */