diff --git a/scripts/coccinelle/api/device_attr_show.cocci b/scripts/coccinelle/api/device_attr_show.cocci
index 634514937e63..550d1d2fc02a 100644
--- a/scripts/coccinelle/api/device_attr_show.cocci
+++ b/scripts/coccinelle/api/device_attr_show.cocci
@@ -34,15 +34,10 @@ expression BUF, SZ, FORMAT, STR;
 ssize_t show(struct device *dev, struct device_attribute *attr, char *buf)
 {
 	<...
-(
 	return
--		snprintf(BUF, SZ, FORMAT, STR);
-+		sysfs_emit(BUF, FORMAT, STR);
-|
-	return
--		snprintf(BUF, SZ, STR);
-+		sysfs_emit(BUF, STR);
-)
+-		snprintf(BUF, SZ, FORMAT
++		sysfs_emit(BUF, FORMAT
+				,...);
 	...>
 }