diff --git a/drivers/scsi/qedf/qedf_debugfs.c b/drivers/scsi/qedf/qedf_debugfs.c
index 3eb4334ac6a3..1c5716540e46 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/qedf/qedf_debugfs.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/qedf/qedf_debugfs.c
@@ -138,15 +138,14 @@ qedf_dbg_debug_cmd_read(struct file *filp, char __user *buffer, size_t count,
 			loff_t *ppos)
 {
 	int cnt;
+	char cbuf[32];
 	struct qedf_dbg_ctx *qedf_dbg =
 				(struct qedf_dbg_ctx *)filp->private_data;
 
 	QEDF_INFO(qedf_dbg, QEDF_LOG_DEBUGFS, "debug mask=0x%x\n", qedf_debug);
-	cnt = sprintf(buffer, "debug mask = 0x%x\n", qedf_debug);
+	cnt = scnprintf(cbuf, sizeof(cbuf), "debug mask = 0x%x\n", qedf_debug);
 
-	cnt = min_t(int, count, cnt - *ppos);
-	*ppos += cnt;
-	return cnt;
+	return simple_read_from_buffer(buffer, count, ppos, cbuf, cnt);
 }
 
 static ssize_t