diff --git a/net/tipc/netlink.c b/net/tipc/netlink.c
index e8fd257c0e68..1a9a5bdaccf4 100644
--- a/net/tipc/netlink.c
+++ b/net/tipc/netlink.c
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ const struct nla_policy tipc_nl_net_policy[TIPC_NLA_NET_MAX + 1] = {
 
 const struct nla_policy tipc_nl_link_policy[TIPC_NLA_LINK_MAX + 1] = {
 	[TIPC_NLA_LINK_UNSPEC]		= { .type = NLA_UNSPEC },
-	[TIPC_NLA_LINK_NAME]		= { .type = NLA_STRING,
+	[TIPC_NLA_LINK_NAME]		= { .type = NLA_NUL_STRING,
 					    .len = TIPC_MAX_LINK_NAME },
 	[TIPC_NLA_LINK_MTU]		= { .type = NLA_U32 },
 	[TIPC_NLA_LINK_BROADCAST]	= { .type = NLA_FLAG },
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ const struct nla_policy tipc_nl_prop_policy[TIPC_NLA_PROP_MAX + 1] = {
 
 const struct nla_policy tipc_nl_bearer_policy[TIPC_NLA_BEARER_MAX + 1]	= {
 	[TIPC_NLA_BEARER_UNSPEC]	= { .type = NLA_UNSPEC },
-	[TIPC_NLA_BEARER_NAME]		= { .type = NLA_STRING,
+	[TIPC_NLA_BEARER_NAME]		= { .type = NLA_NUL_STRING,
 					    .len = TIPC_MAX_BEARER_NAME },
 	[TIPC_NLA_BEARER_PROP]		= { .type = NLA_NESTED },
 	[TIPC_NLA_BEARER_DOMAIN]	= { .type = NLA_U32 }