diff --git a/net/sunrpc/svc_xprt.c b/net/sunrpc/svc_xprt.c
index d53259346235..e27e3532ec75 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/svc_xprt.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/svc_xprt.c
@@ -104,8 +104,17 @@ void svc_unreg_xprt_class(struct svc_xprt_class *xcl)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(svc_unreg_xprt_class);
 
-/*
- * Format the transport list for printing
+/**
+ * svc_print_xprts - Format the transport list for printing
+ * @buf: target buffer for formatted address
+ * @maxlen: length of target buffer
+ *
+ * Fills in @buf with a string containing a list of transport names, each name
+ * terminated with '\n'. If the buffer is too small, some entries may be
+ * missing, but it is guaranteed that all lines in the output buffer are
+ * complete.
+ *
+ * Returns positive length of the filled-in string.
  */
 int svc_print_xprts(char *buf, int maxlen)
 {
@@ -118,9 +127,9 @@ int svc_print_xprts(char *buf, int maxlen)
 	list_for_each_entry(xcl, &svc_xprt_class_list, xcl_list) {
 		int slen;
 
-		sprintf(tmpstr, "%s %d\n", xcl->xcl_name, xcl->xcl_max_payload);
-		slen = strlen(tmpstr);
-		if (len + slen > maxlen)
+		slen = snprintf(tmpstr, sizeof(tmpstr), "%s %d\n",
+				xcl->xcl_name, xcl->xcl_max_payload);
+		if (slen >= sizeof(tmpstr) || len + slen >= maxlen)
 			break;
 		len += slen;
 		strcat(buf, tmpstr);