diff --git a/kernel/sched/core.c b/kernel/sched/core.c
index 6b2c055564b5..b7a4afdc33cb 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/core.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/core.c
@@ -6943,7 +6943,7 @@ static int __maybe_unused cpu_period_quota_parse(char *buf,
 {
 	char tok[21];	/* U64_MAX */
 
-	if (!sscanf(buf, "%s %llu", tok, periodp))
+	if (sscanf(buf, "%20s %llu", tok, periodp) < 1)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
 	*periodp *= NSEC_PER_USEC;