diff --git a/lib/vsprintf.c b/lib/vsprintf.c
index 6ff38524ec16cf09458ca08a0bd9d88099bbf9ae..d3023df8477f67285c43129574148264237a8d60 100644
--- a/lib/vsprintf.c
+++ b/lib/vsprintf.c
@@ -1473,7 +1473,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(vsnprintf);
  * @args: Arguments for the format string
  *
  * The return value is the number of characters which have been written into
- * the @buf not including the trailing '\0'. If @size is <= 0 the function
+ * the @buf not including the trailing '\0'. If @size is == 0 the function
  * returns 0.
  *
  * Call this function if you are already dealing with a va_list.
@@ -1487,7 +1487,11 @@ int vscnprintf(char *buf, size_t size, const char *fmt, va_list args)
 
 	i = vsnprintf(buf, size, fmt, args);
 
-	return (i >= size) ? (size - 1) : i;
+	if (likely(i < size))
+		return i;
+	if (size != 0)
+		return size - 1;
+	return 0;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(vscnprintf);
 
@@ -1535,14 +1539,10 @@ int scnprintf(char *buf, size_t size, const char *fmt, ...)
 	int i;
 
 	va_start(args, fmt);
-	i = vsnprintf(buf, size, fmt, args);
+	i = vscnprintf(buf, size, fmt, args);
 	va_end(args);
 
-	if (likely(i < size))
-		return i;
-	if (size != 0)
-		return size - 1;
-	return 0;
+	return i;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(scnprintf);