diff --git a/fs/proc/consoles.c b/fs/proc/consoles.c
index 290ba85cb9002e7f0e9d6dd21dbbdbc4dd56e006..a8ac48aebd59dd2e33fc32539396b2fe98e02f3e 100644
--- a/fs/proc/consoles.c
+++ b/fs/proc/consoles.c
@@ -55,8 +55,7 @@ static int show_console_dev(struct seq_file *m, void *v)
 	if (dev)
 		seq_printf(m, " %4d:%d", MAJOR(dev), MINOR(dev));
 
-	seq_printf(m, "\n");
-
+	seq_putc(m, '\n');
 	return 0;
 }