diff --git a/drivers/scsi/qedf/qedf_debugfs.c b/drivers/scsi/qedf/qedf_debugfs.c
index a3ed681c8ce3..3eb4334ac6a3 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/qedf/qedf_debugfs.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/qedf/qedf_debugfs.c
@@ -185,18 +185,17 @@ qedf_dbg_stop_io_on_error_cmd_read(struct file *filp, char __user *buffer,
 				   size_t count, loff_t *ppos)
 {
 	int cnt;
+	char cbuf[7];
 	struct qedf_dbg_ctx *qedf_dbg =
 				(struct qedf_dbg_ctx *)filp->private_data;
 	struct qedf_ctx *qedf = container_of(qedf_dbg,
 	    struct qedf_ctx, dbg_ctx);
 
 	QEDF_INFO(qedf_dbg, QEDF_LOG_DEBUGFS, "entered\n");
-	cnt = sprintf(buffer, "%s\n",
+	cnt = scnprintf(cbuf, sizeof(cbuf), "%s\n",
 	    qedf->stop_io_on_error ? "true" : "false");
 
-	cnt = min_t(int, count, cnt - *ppos);
-	*ppos += cnt;
-	return cnt;
+	return simple_read_from_buffer(buffer, count, ppos, cbuf, cnt);
 }
 
 static ssize_t