1 files changed, 2 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mcheck/mce.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mcheck/mce.c
index 484c1e5f658e..1cfb623ce11c 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mcheck/mce.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mcheck/mce.c
@@ -1692,17 +1692,15 @@ static ssize_t set_trigger(struct sys_device *s, struct sysdev_attribute *attr,
                                 const char *buf, size_t siz)
 {
         char *p;
-        int len;
 
         strncpy(mce_helper, buf, sizeof(mce_helper));
         mce_helper[sizeof(mce_helper)-1] = 0;
-        len = strlen(mce_helper);
         p = strchr(mce_helper, '\n');
 
-        if (*p)
+        if (p)
                 *p = 0;
 
-        return len;
+        return strlen(mce_helper) + !!p;
 }
 
 static ssize_t set_ignore_ce(struct sys_device *s,