diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/stackglue.c b/fs/ocfs2/stackglue.c
index 1324e6600e57378b8e4d1624dc1366af57fde7b2..ca5ce14cbddcef81498305f8ccbccc978750faed 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/stackglue.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/stackglue.c
@@ -346,7 +346,9 @@ int ocfs2_cluster_connect(const char *stack_name,
 
 	strlcpy(new_conn->cc_name, group, GROUP_NAME_MAX + 1);
 	new_conn->cc_namelen = grouplen;
-	strlcpy(new_conn->cc_cluster_name, cluster_name, CLUSTER_NAME_MAX + 1);
+	if (cluster_name_len)
+		strlcpy(new_conn->cc_cluster_name, cluster_name,
+			CLUSTER_NAME_MAX + 1);
 	new_conn->cc_cluster_name_len = cluster_name_len;
 	new_conn->cc_recovery_handler = recovery_handler;
 	new_conn->cc_recovery_data = recovery_data;