diff --git a/logd/LogBuffer.cpp b/logd/LogBuffer.cpp
index 7498325..43362fb 100644
--- a/logd/LogBuffer.cpp
+++ b/logd/LogBuffer.cpp
@@ -212,13 +212,19 @@
     if (log_id != LOG_ID_SECURITY) {
         int prio = ANDROID_LOG_INFO;
         const char* tag = nullptr;
+        size_t tag_len = 0;
         if (log_id == LOG_ID_EVENTS) {
             tag = tagToName(elem->getTag());
+            if (tag) {
+                tag_len = strlen(tag);
+            }
         } else {
             prio = *msg;
             tag = msg + 1;
+            tag_len = strnlen(tag, len - 1);
         }
-        if (!__android_log_is_loggable(prio, tag, ANDROID_LOG_VERBOSE)) {
+        if (!__android_log_is_loggable_len(prio, tag, tag_len,
+                                           ANDROID_LOG_VERBOSE)) {
             // Log traffic received to total
             wrlock();
             stats.addTotal(elem);
diff --git a/logd/LogListener.cpp b/logd/LogListener.cpp
index d2df68e..fcf2cd8 100644
--- a/logd/LogListener.cpp
+++ b/logd/LogListener.cpp
@@ -43,9 +43,10 @@
         name_set = true;
     }
 
+    // + 1 to ensure null terminator if MAX_PAYLOAD buffer is received
     char buffer[sizeof_log_id_t + sizeof(uint16_t) + sizeof(log_time) +
-                LOGGER_ENTRY_MAX_PAYLOAD];
-    struct iovec iov = { buffer, sizeof(buffer) };
+                LOGGER_ENTRY_MAX_PAYLOAD + 1];
+    struct iovec iov = { buffer, sizeof(buffer) - 1 };
 
     alignas(4) char control[CMSG_SPACE(sizeof(struct ucred))];
     struct msghdr hdr = {
@@ -55,13 +56,16 @@
     int socket = cli->getSocket();
 
     // To clear the entire buffer is secure/safe, but this contributes to 1.68%
-    // overhead under logging load. We are safe because we check counts.
+    // overhead under logging load. We are safe because we check counts, but
+    // still need to clear null terminator
     // memset(buffer, 0, sizeof(buffer));
     ssize_t n = recvmsg(socket, &hdr, 0);
     if (n <= (ssize_t)(sizeof(android_log_header_t))) {
         return false;
     }
 
+    buffer[n] = 0;
+
     struct ucred* cred = NULL;
 
     struct cmsghdr* cmsg = CMSG_FIRSTHDR(&hdr);