diff --git a/tools/tracing/latency/latency-collector.c b/tools/tracing/latency/latency-collector.c
index 3a2e6bb781a8..59a7f2346eab 100644
--- a/tools/tracing/latency/latency-collector.c
+++ b/tools/tracing/latency/latency-collector.c
@@ -1538,7 +1538,7 @@ static void tracing_loop(void)
 				mutex_lock(&print_mtx);
 				check_signals();
 				write_or_die(fd_stdout, queue_full_warning,
-					     sizeof(queue_full_warning));
+					     strlen(queue_full_warning));
 				mutex_unlock(&print_mtx);
 			}
 			modified--;