diff --git a/drivers/staging/fbtft/fbtft-sysfs.c b/drivers/staging/fbtft/fbtft-sysfs.c
index 26e52cc2de64..39e8d28066cb 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/fbtft/fbtft-sysfs.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/fbtft/fbtft-sysfs.c
@@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ static ssize_t show_debug(struct device *device,
 	struct fb_info *fb_info = dev_get_drvdata(device);
 	struct fbtft_par *par = fb_info->par;
 
-	return snprintf(buf, PAGE_SIZE, "%lu\n", par->debug);
+	return sysfs_emit(buf, "%lu\n", par->debug);
 }
 
 static struct device_attribute debug_device_attr =