diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/mm/compaction_test.c b/tools/testing/selftests/mm/compaction_test.c
index e140558e6f53..2c3a0eb6b22d 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/mm/compaction_test.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/mm/compaction_test.c
@@ -89,9 +89,10 @@ int check_compaction(unsigned long mem_free, unsigned long hugepage_size,
 	int fd, ret = -1;
 	int compaction_index = 0;
 	char nr_hugepages[20] = {0};
-	char init_nr_hugepages[20] = {0};
+	char init_nr_hugepages[24] = {0};
 
-	sprintf(init_nr_hugepages, "%lu", initial_nr_hugepages);
+	snprintf(init_nr_hugepages, sizeof(init_nr_hugepages),
+		 "%lu", initial_nr_hugepages);
 
 	/* We want to test with 80% of available memory. Else, OOM killer comes
 	   in to play */