diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 81d96d6e8fad..bf7f20c9326f 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 06a4bcae1ff2cd5f6f42bd74add85ec785a26343
+refs/heads/master: 035ed7a49447bc8e15d4d9316fc6a359b2d94333
diff --git a/trunk/fs/sysfs/file.c b/trunk/fs/sysfs/file.c
index 298303b5a716..95c165101c98 100644
--- a/trunk/fs/sysfs/file.c
+++ b/trunk/fs/sysfs/file.c
@@ -190,6 +190,9 @@ fill_write_buffer(struct sysfs_buffer * buffer, const char __user * buf, size_t
 		count = PAGE_SIZE - 1;
 	error = copy_from_user(buffer->page,buf,count);
 	buffer->needs_read_fill = 1;
+	/* if buf is assumed to contain a string, terminate it by \0,
+	   so e.g. sscanf() can scan the string easily */
+	buffer->page[count] = 0;
 	return error ? -EFAULT : count;
 }