diff --git a/tools/power/cpupower/lib/cpuidle.c b/tools/power/cpupower/lib/cpuidle.c
index 479c5971aa6d..c15d0de12357 100644
--- a/tools/power/cpupower/lib/cpuidle.c
+++ b/tools/power/cpupower/lib/cpuidle.c
@@ -231,6 +231,7 @@ int cpuidle_state_disable(unsigned int cpu,
 {
 	char value[SYSFS_PATH_MAX];
 	int bytes_written;
+	int len;
 
 	if (cpuidle_state_count(cpu) <= idlestate)
 		return -1;
@@ -239,10 +240,10 @@ int cpuidle_state_disable(unsigned int cpu,
 				 idlestate_value_files[IDLESTATE_DISABLE]))
 		return -2;
 
-	snprintf(value, SYSFS_PATH_MAX, "%u", disable);
+	len = snprintf(value, SYSFS_PATH_MAX, "%u", disable);
 
 	bytes_written = cpuidle_state_write_file(cpu, idlestate, "disable",
-						   value, sizeof(disable));
+						   value, len);
 	if (bytes_written)
 		return 0;
 	return -3;