diff --git a/fs/hpfs/super.c b/fs/hpfs/super.c
index cde044d41f69..68a9bed05628 100644
--- a/fs/hpfs/super.c
+++ b/fs/hpfs/super.c
@@ -52,17 +52,20 @@ static void unmark_dirty(struct super_block *s)
 }
 
 /* Filesystem error... */
-static char err_buf[1024];
-
 void hpfs_error(struct super_block *s, const char *fmt, ...)
 {
+	struct va_format vaf;
 	va_list args;
 
 	va_start(args, fmt);
-	vsnprintf(err_buf, sizeof(err_buf), fmt, args);
+
+	vaf.fmt = fmt;
+	vaf.va = &args;
+
+	pr_err("filesystem error: %pV", &vaf);
+
 	va_end(args);
 
-	pr_err("filesystem error: %s", err_buf);
 	if (!hpfs_sb(s)->sb_was_error) {
 		if (hpfs_sb(s)->sb_err == 2) {
 			pr_cont("; crashing the system because you wanted it\n");