diff --git a/drivers/staging/most/core.c b/drivers/staging/most/core.c
index f4c464625a67b7869c2a419cb829aee2ca0468c0..52ad627229962ade093bf0dc4396626a2f9514de 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/most/core.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/most/core.c
@@ -351,7 +351,7 @@ static ssize_t set_datatype_show(struct device *dev,
 
 	for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(ch_data_type); i++) {
 		if (c->cfg.data_type & ch_data_type[i].most_ch_data_type)
-			return snprintf(buf, PAGE_SIZE, ch_data_type[i].name);
+			return snprintf(buf, PAGE_SIZE, "%s", ch_data_type[i].name);
 	}
 	return snprintf(buf, PAGE_SIZE, "unconfigured\n");
 }