diff --git a/fs/proc/cmdline.c b/fs/proc/cmdline.c
index 6fd315c3f236..f272eeea1efb 100644
--- a/fs/proc/cmdline.c
+++ b/fs/proc/cmdline.c
@@ -9,7 +9,8 @@ static char new_command_line[COMMAND_LINE_SIZE];
 
 static int cmdline_proc_show(struct seq_file *m, void *v)
 {
-	seq_printf(m, "%s\n", new_command_line);
+	seq_puts(m, new_command_line);
+	seq_putc(m, '\n');
 	return 0;
 }