diff --git a/drivers/soc/qcom/socinfo.c b/drivers/soc/qcom/socinfo.c
index 7864b75ce5694aaed858eded5dc7d4c63e16d23c..ebb49aee179bb61240b54c6d9601d6f9b9ac8454 100644
--- a/drivers/soc/qcom/socinfo.c
+++ b/drivers/soc/qcom/socinfo.c
@@ -277,7 +277,7 @@ static int show_image_##type(struct seq_file *seq, void *p)		  \
 {								  \
 	struct smem_image_version *image_version = seq->private;  \
 	seq_puts(seq, image_version->type);			  \
-	seq_puts(seq, "\n");					  \
+	seq_putc(seq, '\n');					  \
 	return 0;						  \
 }								  \
 static int open_image_##type(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)	  \