diff --git a/security/integrity/ima/ima_fs.c b/security/integrity/ima/ima_fs.c
index 816d175da79a..30aced99bc55 100644
--- a/security/integrity/ima/ima_fs.c
+++ b/security/integrity/ima/ima_fs.c
@@ -26,14 +26,14 @@
 #include "ima.h"
 
 static int valid_policy = 1;
-#define TMPBUFLEN 12
+
 static ssize_t ima_show_htable_value(char __user *buf, size_t count,
 				     loff_t *ppos, atomic_long_t *val)
 {
-	char tmpbuf[TMPBUFLEN];
+	char tmpbuf[32];	/* greater than largest 'long' string value */
 	ssize_t len;
 
-	len = scnprintf(tmpbuf, TMPBUFLEN, "%li\n", atomic_long_read(val));
+	len = scnprintf(tmpbuf, sizeof(tmpbuf), "%li\n", atomic_long_read(val));
 	return simple_read_from_buffer(buf, count, ppos, tmpbuf, len);
 }