diff --git a/drivers/iio/industrialio-core.c b/drivers/iio/industrialio-core.c
index ede16aec..1375921 100644
--- a/drivers/iio/industrialio-core.c
+++ b/drivers/iio/industrialio-core.c
@@ -340,7 +340,7 @@
 	else if (i >= e->num_items)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
-	return sprintf(buf, "%s\n", e->items[i]);
+	return snprintf(buf, PAGE_SIZE, "%s\n", e->items[i]);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(iio_enum_read);
 
@@ -820,7 +820,7 @@
 				 char *buf)
 {
 	struct iio_dev *indio_dev = dev_to_iio_dev(dev);
-	return sprintf(buf, "%s\n", indio_dev->name);
+	return snprintf(buf, PAGE_SIZE, "%s\n", indio_dev->name);
 }
 
 static DEVICE_ATTR(name, S_IRUGO, iio_show_dev_name, NULL);