diff --git a/drivers/cxl/core/memdev.c b/drivers/cxl/core/memdev.c
index 2f43d368ba07..dae8802ecdb0 100644
--- a/drivers/cxl/core/memdev.c
+++ b/drivers/cxl/core/memdev.c
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ static DEVICE_ATTR_RO(serial);
 static ssize_t numa_node_show(struct device *dev, struct device_attribute *attr,
 			      char *buf)
 {
-	return sprintf(buf, "%d\n", dev_to_node(dev));
+	return sysfs_emit(buf, "%d\n", dev_to_node(dev));
 }
 static DEVICE_ATTR_RO(numa_node);