diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 993fda618471..a56c9da42d70 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 017cb47f46722f29d101a709a2094d151111ed6d
+refs/heads/master: 3d72ab8fdd44c872633b210dd1a4afd2910d0bbb
diff --git a/trunk/fs/nfsd/nfsctl.c b/trunk/fs/nfsd/nfsctl.c
index b64a7fbfccf5..c4843467cfd4 100644
--- a/trunk/fs/nfsd/nfsctl.c
+++ b/trunk/fs/nfsd/nfsctl.c
@@ -1260,8 +1260,9 @@ static ssize_t __write_recoverydir(struct file *file, char *buf, size_t size)
 
 		status = nfs4_reset_recoverydir(recdir);
 	}
-	sprintf(buf, "%s\n", nfs4_recoverydir());
-	return strlen(buf);
+
+	return scnprintf(buf, SIMPLE_TRANSACTION_LIMIT, "%s\n",
+							nfs4_recoverydir());
 }
 
 /**