diff --git a/drivers/iio/industrialio-buffer.c b/drivers/iio/industrialio-buffer.c
index 94eb9f6cf128..f7721553a938 100644
--- a/drivers/iio/industrialio-buffer.c
+++ b/drivers/iio/industrialio-buffer.c
@@ -1383,9 +1383,9 @@ static ssize_t direction_show(struct device *dev,
 
 	switch (buffer->direction) {
 	case IIO_BUFFER_DIRECTION_IN:
-		return sprintf(buf, "in\n");
+		return sysfs_emit(buf, "in\n");
 	case IIO_BUFFER_DIRECTION_OUT:
-		return sprintf(buf, "out\n");
+		return sysfs_emit(buf, "out\n");
 	default:
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}
diff --git a/drivers/iio/industrialio-core.c b/drivers/iio/industrialio-core.c
index 409c278a4c2c..e1ed44dec2ab 100644
--- a/drivers/iio/industrialio-core.c
+++ b/drivers/iio/industrialio-core.c
@@ -747,7 +747,7 @@ static ssize_t iio_read_channel_label(struct device *dev,
 		return indio_dev->info->read_label(indio_dev, this_attr->c, buf);
 
 	if (this_attr->c->extend_name)
-		return sprintf(buf, "%s\n", this_attr->c->extend_name);
+		return sysfs_emit(buf, "%s\n", this_attr->c->extend_name);
 
 	return -EINVAL;
 }