diff --git a/fs/seq_file.c b/fs/seq_file.c
index 532cac2eae0f..08f54029c2b1 100644
--- a/fs/seq_file.c
+++ b/fs/seq_file.c
@@ -392,12 +392,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(seq_escape_mem);
  */
 void seq_escape(struct seq_file *m, const char *s, const char *esc)
 {
-	char *buf;
-	size_t size = seq_get_buf(m, &buf);
-	int ret;
-
-	ret = string_escape_str(s, buf, size, ESCAPE_OCTAL, esc);
-	seq_commit(m, ret < size ? ret : -1);
+	seq_escape_str(m, s, ESCAPE_OCTAL, esc);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(seq_escape);