diff --git a/fs/nfs/namespace.c b/fs/nfs/namespace.c
index 88a23af2bd5c9caba956b392f8bcd3ca677a62e0..b0ef7e7ddb30671f9171b3ca22fa2ecad0964056 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/namespace.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/namespace.c
@@ -354,7 +354,7 @@ static int param_get_nfs_timeout(char *buffer, const struct kernel_param *kp)
 			num = (num + (HZ - 1)) / HZ;
 	} else
 		num = -1;
-	return scnprintf(buffer, PAGE_SIZE, "%li\n", num);
+	return sysfs_emit(buffer, "%li\n", num);
 }
 
 static const struct kernel_param_ops param_ops_nfs_timeout = {