diff --git a/drivers/gpio/gpio-stmpe.c b/drivers/gpio/gpio-stmpe.c
index 3b6efce8e6813..8061c70c4b95a 100644
--- a/drivers/gpio/gpio-stmpe.c
+++ b/drivers/gpio/gpio-stmpe.c
@@ -350,7 +350,7 @@ static void stmpe_dbg_show(struct seq_file *s, struct gpio_chip *gc)
 
 	for (i = 0; i < gc->ngpio; i++, gpio++) {
 		stmpe_dbg_show_one(s, gc, i, gpio);
-		seq_printf(s, "\n");
+		seq_putc(s, '\n');
 	}
 }