diff --git a/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c b/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c
index 021973b7dc56..db6e337ad337 100644
--- a/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c
+++ b/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c
@@ -445,7 +445,7 @@ static ssize_t show_scaling_governor(struct cpufreq_policy *policy, char *buf)
 	else if (policy->policy == CPUFREQ_POLICY_PERFORMANCE)
 		return sprintf(buf, "performance\n");
 	else if (policy->governor)
-		return scnprintf(buf, CPUFREQ_NAME_LEN, "%s\n",
+		return scnprintf(buf, CPUFREQ_NAME_PLEN, "%s\n",
 				policy->governor->name);
 	return -EINVAL;
 }
@@ -491,7 +491,7 @@ static ssize_t store_scaling_governor(struct cpufreq_policy *policy,
  */
 static ssize_t show_scaling_driver(struct cpufreq_policy *policy, char *buf)
 {
-	return scnprintf(buf, CPUFREQ_NAME_LEN, "%s\n", cpufreq_driver->name);
+	return scnprintf(buf, CPUFREQ_NAME_PLEN, "%s\n", cpufreq_driver->name);
 }
 
 /**
@@ -512,7 +512,7 @@ static ssize_t show_scaling_available_governors(struct cpufreq_policy *policy,
 		if (i >= (ssize_t) ((PAGE_SIZE / sizeof(char))
 		    - (CPUFREQ_NAME_LEN + 2)))
 			goto out;
-		i += scnprintf(&buf[i], CPUFREQ_NAME_LEN, "%s ", t->name);
+		i += scnprintf(&buf[i], CPUFREQ_NAME_PLEN, "%s ", t->name);
 	}
 out:
 	i += sprintf(&buf[i], "\n");
diff --git a/include/linux/cpufreq.h b/include/linux/cpufreq.h
index b60f6ba01d0c..fc4b78510151 100644
--- a/include/linux/cpufreq.h
+++ b/include/linux/cpufreq.h
@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@
 #include <asm/div64.h>
 
 #define CPUFREQ_NAME_LEN 16
+/* Print length for names. Extra 1 space for accomodating '\n' in prints */
+#define CPUFREQ_NAME_PLEN (CPUFREQ_NAME_LEN + 1)
 
 
 /*********************************************************************