diff --git a/drivers/ata/libata-eh.c b/drivers/ata/libata-eh.c
index 54b6ec44d3be..fa3f08ca5f6c 100644
--- a/drivers/ata/libata-eh.c
+++ b/drivers/ata/libata-eh.c
@@ -2422,7 +2422,7 @@ static void ata_eh_link_report(struct ata_link *link)
 	struct ata_eh_context *ehc = &link->eh_context;
 	struct ata_queued_cmd *qc;
 	const char *frozen, *desc;
-	char tries_buf[6] = "";
+	char tries_buf[16] = "";
 	int tag, nr_failed = 0;
 
 	if (ehc->i.flags & ATA_EHI_QUIET)