diff --git a/net/tipc/socket.c b/net/tipc/socket.c
index 75275c5..3043f10 100644
--- a/net/tipc/socket.c
+++ b/net/tipc/socket.c
@@ -2673,7 +2673,7 @@
 	case SIOCGETLINKNAME:
 		if (copy_from_user(&lnr, argp, sizeof(lnr)))
 			return -EFAULT;
-		if (!tipc_node_get_linkname(lnr.bearer_id, lnr.peer,
+		if (!tipc_node_get_linkname(lnr.bearer_id & 0xffff, lnr.peer,
 					    lnr.linkname, TIPC_MAX_LINK_NAME)) {
 			if (copy_to_user(argp, &lnr, sizeof(lnr)))
 				return -EFAULT;