diff --git a/kernel/cpuset.c b/kernel/cpuset.c
index 28176d083f7baadca422dfd510fdd7dbfd892c00..b9342f90d28faeeac5ad2137508de4c2b9b6cd35 100644
--- a/kernel/cpuset.c
+++ b/kernel/cpuset.c
@@ -995,7 +995,6 @@ static ssize_t cpuset_common_file_read(struct file *file, char __user *buf,
 		goto out;
 	}
 	*s++ = '\n';
-	*s = '\0';
 
 	retval = simple_read_from_buffer(buf, nbytes, ppos, page, s - page);
 out: