diff --git a/net/sunrpc/cache.c b/net/sunrpc/cache.c
index 2a68bb3db772a4..fc2f7aa4dca7aa 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/cache.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/cache.c
@@ -1409,11 +1409,11 @@ static ssize_t read_flush(struct file *file, char __user *buf,
 			  size_t count, loff_t *ppos,
 			  struct cache_detail *cd)
 {
-	char tbuf[20];
+	char tbuf[22];
 	unsigned long p = *ppos;
 	size_t len;
 
-	sprintf(tbuf, "%lu\n", convert_to_wallclock(cd->flush_time));
+	snprintf(tbuf, sizeof(tbuf), "%lu\n", convert_to_wallclock(cd->flush_time));
 	len = strlen(tbuf);
 	if (p >= len)
 		return 0;