diff --git a/block/elevator.c b/block/elevator.c
index b2f2252f29e70413cfe1f649eafb2caf5441d599..8a5c171306f1b260cabc27ec97cb7e23b797e96b 100644
--- a/block/elevator.c
+++ b/block/elevator.c
@@ -783,7 +783,7 @@ ssize_t elv_iosched_show(struct request_queue *q, char *name)
 	}
 	spin_unlock(&elv_list_lock);
 
-	len += sprintf(len+name, "\n");
+	len += sprintf(name+len, "\n");
 	return len;
 }