diff --git a/drivers/staging/rtl8192e/rtllib.h b/drivers/staging/rtl8192e/rtllib.h
index 2dd57e88276e..096254e422b3 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/rtl8192e/rtllib.h
+++ b/drivers/staging/rtl8192e/rtllib.h
@@ -2132,7 +2132,7 @@ static inline const char *escape_essid(const char *essid, u8 essid_len)
 		return escaped;
 	}
 
-	snprintf(escaped, sizeof(escaped), "%*pEn", essid_len, essid);
+	snprintf(escaped, sizeof(escaped), "%*pE", essid_len, essid);
 	return escaped;
 }
 
diff --git a/drivers/staging/rtl8192u/ieee80211/ieee80211.h b/drivers/staging/rtl8192u/ieee80211/ieee80211.h
index d36963469015..3963a08b9eb2 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/rtl8192u/ieee80211/ieee80211.h
+++ b/drivers/staging/rtl8192u/ieee80211/ieee80211.h
@@ -2426,7 +2426,7 @@ static inline const char *escape_essid(const char *essid, u8 essid_len)
 		return escaped;
 	}
 
-	snprintf(escaped, sizeof(escaped), "%*pEn", essid_len, essid);
+	snprintf(escaped, sizeof(escaped), "%*pE", essid_len, essid);
 	return escaped;
 }