diff --git a/utils/fwlog/dbglog_host.c b/utils/fwlog/dbglog_host.c
index b62e04bc31..7a913a1265 100644
--- a/utils/fwlog/dbglog_host.c
+++ b/utils/fwlog/dbglog_host.c
@@ -1764,6 +1764,12 @@ send_diag_netlink_data(const uint8_t *buffer, uint32_t len, uint32_t cmd)
 		slot->dropped = get_version;
 		memcpy(slot->payload, buffer, len);
 
+		/*
+		 * Need to pad each record to fixed length
+		 * ATH6KL_FWLOG_PAYLOAD_SIZE
+		 */
+		memset(slot->payload + len, 0, ATH6KL_FWLOG_PAYLOAD_SIZE - len);
+
 		res = nl_srv_bcast_fw_logs(skb_out);
 		if ((res < 0) && (res != -ESRCH)) {
 			AR_DEBUG_PRINTF(ATH_DEBUG_RSVD1,
@@ -1824,6 +1830,12 @@ dbglog_process_netlink_data(wmi_unified_t wmi_handle, const uint8_t *buffer,
 		slot->dropped = cpu_to_le32(dropped);
 		memcpy(slot->payload, buffer, len);
 
+		/*
+		 * Need to pad each record to fixed length
+		 * ATH6KL_FWLOG_PAYLOAD_SIZE
+		 */
+		memset(slot->payload + len, 0, ATH6KL_FWLOG_PAYLOAD_SIZE - len);
+
 		res = nl_srv_bcast_fw_logs(skb_out);
 		if ((res < 0) && (res != -ESRCH)) {
 			AR_DEBUG_PRINTF(ATH_DEBUG_RSVD1,