diff --git a/drivers/md/md-multipath.c b/drivers/md/md-multipath.c
index e40065bdbfc8..0a7e99d62c69 100644
--- a/drivers/md/md-multipath.c
+++ b/drivers/md/md-multipath.c
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ static void multipath_status(struct seq_file *seq, struct mddev *mddev)
 		seq_printf (seq, "%s", rdev && test_bit(In_sync, &rdev->flags) ? "U" : "_");
 	}
 	rcu_read_unlock();
-	seq_printf (seq, "]");
+	seq_putc(seq, ']');
 }
 
 static int multipath_congested(struct mddev *mddev, int bits)