diff --git a/drivers/scsi/scsi_sysfs.c b/drivers/scsi/scsi_sysfs.c
index 838a0db8ea1f..c23ab978c3ba 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/scsi_sysfs.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/scsi_sysfs.c
@@ -474,7 +474,7 @@ static DEVICE_ATTR(field, S_IRUGO, sdev_show_##field, NULL);
 
 
 /*
- * sdev_rd_attr: create a function and attribute variable for a
+ * sdev_rw_attr: create a function and attribute variable for a
  * read/write field.
  */
 #define sdev_rw_attr(field, format_string)				\
@@ -486,7 +486,7 @@ sdev_store_##field (struct device *dev, struct device_attribute *attr,	\
 {									\
 	struct scsi_device *sdev;					\
 	sdev = to_scsi_device(dev);					\
-	snscanf (buf, 20, format_string, &sdev->field);			\
+	sscanf (buf, format_string, &sdev->field);			\
 	return count;							\
 }									\
 static DEVICE_ATTR(field, S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR, sdev_show_##field, sdev_store_##field);