diff --git a/fs/afs/volume.c b/fs/afs/volume.c
index 4310336b9bb8..4225bc766d46 100644
--- a/fs/afs/volume.c
+++ b/fs/afs/volume.c
@@ -221,7 +221,7 @@ static int afs_update_volume_status(struct afs_volume *volume, struct key *key)
 {
 	struct afs_server_list *new, *old, *discard;
 	struct afs_vldb_entry *vldb;
-	char idbuf[16];
+	char idbuf[24];
 	int ret, idsz;
 
 	_enter("");
@@ -229,7 +229,7 @@ static int afs_update_volume_status(struct afs_volume *volume, struct key *key)
 	/* We look up an ID by passing it as a decimal string in the
 	 * operation's name parameter.
 	 */
-	idsz = sprintf(idbuf, "%llu", volume->vid);
+	idsz = snprintf(idbuf, sizeof(idbuf), "%llu", volume->vid);
 
 	vldb = afs_vl_lookup_vldb(volume->cell, key, idbuf, idsz);
 	if (IS_ERR(vldb)) {