diff --git a/net/can/j1939/socket.c b/net/can/j1939/socket.c
index 11d566c70a94..1b7dc1a8547f 100644
--- a/net/can/j1939/socket.c
+++ b/net/can/j1939/socket.c
@@ -561,6 +561,11 @@ static int j1939_sk_connect(struct socket *sock, struct sockaddr *uaddr,
 static void j1939_sk_sock2sockaddr_can(struct sockaddr_can *addr,
 				       const struct j1939_sock *jsk, int peer)
 {
+	/* There are two holes (2 bytes and 3 bytes) to clear to avoid
+	 * leaking kernel information to user space.
+	 */
+	memset(addr, 0, J1939_MIN_NAMELEN);
+
 	addr->can_family = AF_CAN;
 	addr->can_ifindex = jsk->ifindex;
 	addr->can_addr.j1939.pgn = jsk->addr.pgn;