diff --git a/arch/powerpc/mm/dump_hashpagetable.c b/arch/powerpc/mm/dump_hashpagetable.c
index b1c144b03fcf..5c4c93dcff19 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/mm/dump_hashpagetable.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/mm/dump_hashpagetable.c
@@ -205,7 +205,7 @@ static void dump_hpte_info(struct pg_state *st, unsigned long ea, u64 v, u64 r,
 	aps_index = calculate_pagesize(st, aps, "actual");
 	if (aps_index != 2)
 		seq_printf(st->seq, "LP enc: %lx", lp);
-	seq_puts(st->seq, "\n");
+	seq_putc(st->seq, '\n');
 }
 
 
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/mm/dump_linuxpagetables.c b/arch/powerpc/mm/dump_linuxpagetables.c
index 44fe4833910f..c9282d27b203 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/mm/dump_linuxpagetables.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/mm/dump_linuxpagetables.c
@@ -350,7 +350,7 @@ static void note_page(struct pg_state *st, unsigned long addr,
 					  st->current_flags,
 					  pg_level[st->level].num);
 
-			seq_puts(st->seq, "\n");
+			seq_putc(st->seq, '\n');
 		}
 
 		/*