diff --git a/kernel/time/clockevents.c b/kernel/time/clockevents.c
index a7ca458cdd9c..60a6484831b1 100644
--- a/kernel/time/clockevents.c
+++ b/kernel/time/clockevents.c
@@ -677,7 +677,7 @@ static ssize_t current_device_show(struct device *dev,
 	raw_spin_lock_irq(&clockevents_lock);
 	td = tick_get_tick_dev(dev);
 	if (td && td->evtdev)
-		count = snprintf(buf, PAGE_SIZE, "%s\n", td->evtdev->name);
+		count = sysfs_emit(buf, "%s\n", td->evtdev->name);
 	raw_spin_unlock_irq(&clockevents_lock);
 	return count;
 }