diff --git a/drivers/firmware/efi/cper.c b/drivers/firmware/efi/cper.c
index 5b53d6183b6b..4fd9961d552e 100644
--- a/drivers/firmware/efi/cper.c
+++ b/drivers/firmware/efi/cper.c
@@ -294,7 +294,7 @@ void cper_mem_err_pack(const struct cper_sec_mem_err *mem,
 const char *cper_mem_err_unpack(struct trace_seq *p,
 				struct cper_mem_err_compact *cmem)
 {
-	const char *ret = p->buffer + p->len;
+	const char *ret = trace_seq_buffer_ptr(p);
 
 	if (cper_mem_err_location(cmem, rcd_decode_str))
 		trace_seq_printf(p, "%s", rcd_decode_str);