diff --git a/net/bluetooth/hci_sock.c b/net/bluetooth/hci_sock.c
index 4ee1b976678b..cee7ec1adbd2 100644
--- a/net/bluetooth/hci_sock.c
+++ b/net/bluetooth/hci_sock.c
@@ -1946,7 +1946,7 @@ static int hci_sock_setsockopt_old(struct socket *sock, int level, int optname,
 
 	switch (optname) {
 	case HCI_DATA_DIR:
-		if (copy_from_sockptr(&opt, optval, sizeof(opt))) {
+		if (copy_from_sockptr(&opt, optval, min_t(int, sizeof(opt), len))) {
 			err = -EFAULT;
 			break;
 		}