diff --git a/mm/shmem.c b/mm/shmem.c
index 67ff829e2f0e..7c6b6d8f6c39 100644
--- a/mm/shmem.c
+++ b/mm/shmem.c
@@ -4020,7 +4020,7 @@ int __init shmem_init(void)
 
 #if defined(CONFIG_TRANSPARENT_HUGEPAGE) && defined(CONFIG_SYSFS)
 static ssize_t shmem_enabled_show(struct kobject *kobj,
-		struct kobj_attribute *attr, char *buf)
+				  struct kobj_attribute *attr, char *buf)
 {
 	static const int values[] = {
 		SHMEM_HUGE_ALWAYS,
@@ -4030,16 +4030,19 @@ static ssize_t shmem_enabled_show(struct kobject *kobj,
 		SHMEM_HUGE_DENY,
 		SHMEM_HUGE_FORCE,
 	};
-	int i, count;
+	int len = 0;
+	int i;
 
-	for (i = 0, count = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(values); i++) {
-		const char *fmt = shmem_huge == values[i] ? "[%s] " : "%s ";
-
-		count += sprintf(buf + count, fmt,
-				shmem_format_huge(values[i]));
+	for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(values); i++) {
+		len += sysfs_emit_at(buf, len,
+				     shmem_huge == values[i] ? "%s[%s]" : "%s%s",
+				     i ? " " : "",
+				     shmem_format_huge(values[i]));
 	}
-	buf[count - 1] = '\n';
-	return count;
+
+	len += sysfs_emit_at(buf, len, "\n");
+
+	return len;
 }
 
 static ssize_t shmem_enabled_store(struct kobject *kobj,