diff --git a/mm/vmstat.c b/mm/vmstat.c
index 73aab319969d..8857e0eee1e1 100644
--- a/mm/vmstat.c
+++ b/mm/vmstat.c
@@ -1513,7 +1513,10 @@ static int vmstat_show(struct seq_file *m, void *arg)
 {
 	unsigned long *l = arg;
 	unsigned long off = l - (unsigned long *)m->private;
-	seq_printf(m, "%s %lu\n", vmstat_text[off], *l);
+
+	seq_puts(m, vmstat_text[off]);
+	seq_put_decimal_ull(m, ' ', *l);
+	seq_putc(m, '\n');
 	return 0;
 }