diff --git a/net/netfilter/nf_log.c b/net/netfilter/nf_log.c
index 2c47f9ec3511..a61d6df6e5f6 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nf_log.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nf_log.c
@@ -446,14 +446,17 @@ static int nf_log_proc_dostring(struct ctl_table *table, int write,
 		rcu_assign_pointer(net->nf.nf_loggers[tindex], logger);
 		mutex_unlock(&nf_log_mutex);
 	} else {
+		struct ctl_table tmp = *table;
+
+		tmp.data = buf;
 		mutex_lock(&nf_log_mutex);
 		logger = nft_log_dereference(net->nf.nf_loggers[tindex]);
 		if (!logger)
-			table->data = "NONE";
+			strlcpy(buf, "NONE", sizeof(buf));
 		else
-			table->data = logger->name;
-		r = proc_dostring(table, write, buffer, lenp, ppos);
+			strlcpy(buf, logger->name, sizeof(buf));
 		mutex_unlock(&nf_log_mutex);
+		r = proc_dostring(&tmp, write, buffer, lenp, ppos);
 	}
 
 	return r;