diff --git a/sound/hda/hdac_device.c b/sound/hda/hdac_device.c
index 9a526aeef8da..e3119f5cb0d5 100644
--- a/sound/hda/hdac_device.c
+++ b/sound/hda/hdac_device.c
@@ -204,7 +204,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(snd_hdac_device_set_chip_name);
  */
 int snd_hdac_codec_modalias(struct hdac_device *codec, char *buf, size_t size)
 {
-	return snprintf(buf, size, "hdaudio:v%08Xr%08Xa%02X\n",
+	return scnprintf(buf, size, "hdaudio:v%08Xr%08Xa%02X\n",
 			codec->vendor_id, codec->revision_id, codec->type);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(snd_hdac_codec_modalias);