diff --git a/drivers/cam_sync/cam_sync.c b/drivers/cam_sync/cam_sync.c
index 4f447eff8c90..fca7bfc38db4 100644
--- a/drivers/cam_sync/cam_sync.c
+++ b/drivers/cam_sync/cam_sync.c
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2017-2020, The Linux Foundation. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 2017-2021, The Linux Foundation. All rights reserved.
  */
 
 #include <linux/init.h>
@@ -477,6 +477,7 @@ static int cam_sync_handle_create(struct cam_private_ioctl_arg *k_ioctl)
 		u64_to_user_ptr(k_ioctl->ioctl_ptr),
 		k_ioctl->size))
 		return -EFAULT;
+	sync_create.name[SYNC_DEBUG_NAME_LEN] = '\0';
 
 	result = cam_sync_create(&sync_create.sync_obj,
 		sync_create.name);