diff --git a/drivers/base/cpu.c b/drivers/base/cpu.c
index 6265871a4af2ec09951e3d8343400c1d9ef2619c..67aaa052c7a20a15f696364330e6cfa14555128f 100644
--- a/drivers/base/cpu.c
+++ b/drivers/base/cpu.c
@@ -258,13 +258,13 @@ static ssize_t print_cpus_offline(struct device *dev,
 			buf[n++] = ',';
 
 		if (nr_cpu_ids == total_cpus-1)
-			n += snprintf(&buf[n], len - n, "%u", nr_cpu_ids);
+			n += scnprintf(&buf[n], len - n, "%u", nr_cpu_ids);
 		else
-			n += snprintf(&buf[n], len - n, "%u-%d",
+			n += scnprintf(&buf[n], len - n, "%u-%d",
 						      nr_cpu_ids, total_cpus-1);
 	}
 
-	n += snprintf(&buf[n], len - n, "\n");
+	n += scnprintf(&buf[n], len - n, "\n");
 	return n;
 }
 static DEVICE_ATTR(offline, 0444, print_cpus_offline, NULL);