diff --git a/docs/release-notes/release-notes-0.14.0.md b/docs/release-notes/release-notes-0.14.0.md
index 5782d8b33..a4fa77e4c 100644
--- a/docs/release-notes/release-notes-0.14.0.md
+++ b/docs/release-notes/release-notes-0.14.0.md
@@ -589,6 +589,9 @@ messages directly. There is no routing/path finding involved.
 * [Do not error log when an invoice that has been canceled and GC'd is expired](
   https://github.com/lightningnetwork/lnd/pull/5913)
 
+* [Don't print bucket names with special characters when compacting](
+  https://github.com/lightningnetwork/lnd/pull/5878)
+
 ## Documentation 
 
 The [code contribution guidelines have been updated to mention the new
diff --git a/kvdb/bolt_compact.go b/kvdb/bolt_compact.go
index 7da51b3d3..72d470f9b 100644
--- a/kvdb/bolt_compact.go
+++ b/kvdb/bolt_compact.go
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 package kvdb
 
 import (
+	"encoding/hex"
 	"fmt"
 	"os"
 	"path"
@@ -219,7 +220,8 @@ func (cmd *compacter) walk(db *bbolt.DB, walkFn walkFunc) error {
 		return tx.ForEach(func(name []byte, b *bbolt.Bucket) error {
 			// This will log the top level buckets only to give the
 			// user some sense of progress.
-			log.Debugf("Compacting top level bucket %s", name)
+			log.Debugf("Compacting top level bucket '%s'",
+				LoggableKeyName(name))
 
 			return cmd.walkBucket(
 				b, nil, name, nil, b.Sequence(), walkFn,
@@ -228,6 +230,30 @@ func (cmd *compacter) walk(db *bbolt.DB, walkFn walkFunc) error {
 	})
 }
 
+// LoggableKeyName returns a printable name of the given key.
+func LoggableKeyName(key []byte) string {
+	strKey := string(key)
+	if hasSpecialChars(strKey) {
+		return hex.EncodeToString(key)
+	}
+
+	return strKey
+}
+
+// hasSpecialChars returns true if any of the characters in the given string
+// cannot be printed.
+func hasSpecialChars(s string) bool {
+	for _, b := range s {
+		if !(b >= 'a' && b <= 'z') && !(b >= 'A' && b <= 'Z') &&
+			!(b >= '0' && b <= '9') && b != '-' && b != '_' {
+
+			return true
+		}
+	}
+
+	return false
+}
+
 // walkBucket recursively walks through a bucket.
 func (cmd *compacter) walkBucket(b *bbolt.Bucket, keyPath [][]byte, k, v []byte,
 	seq uint64, fn walkFunc) error {