diff --git a/tools/perf/util/strbuf.c b/tools/perf/util/strbuf.c
index 2eeb51baf077f16a84386840dab2539c8512dfb2..cfa906882e2ceb2ed138fb4fd996474324f4d6c3 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/strbuf.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/strbuf.c
@@ -90,17 +90,17 @@ void strbuf_addf(struct strbuf *sb, const char *fmt, ...)
 	if (!strbuf_avail(sb))
 		strbuf_grow(sb, 64);
 	va_start(ap, fmt);
-	len = vscnprintf(sb->buf + sb->len, sb->alloc - sb->len, fmt, ap);
+	len = vsnprintf(sb->buf + sb->len, sb->alloc - sb->len, fmt, ap);
 	va_end(ap);
 	if (len < 0)
-		die("your vscnprintf is broken");
+		die("your vsnprintf is broken");
 	if (len > strbuf_avail(sb)) {
 		strbuf_grow(sb, len);
 		va_start(ap, fmt);
-		len = vscnprintf(sb->buf + sb->len, sb->alloc - sb->len, fmt, ap);
+		len = vsnprintf(sb->buf + sb->len, sb->alloc - sb->len, fmt, ap);
 		va_end(ap);
 		if (len > strbuf_avail(sb)) {
-			die("this should not happen, your snprintf is broken");
+			die("this should not happen, your vsnprintf is broken");
 		}
 	}
 	strbuf_setlen(sb, sb->len + len);