diff --git a/libavformat/mpjpeg.c b/libavformat/mpjpeg.c
index 9e21099eaf..6c469e03ee 100644
--- a/libavformat/mpjpeg.c
+++ b/libavformat/mpjpeg.c
@@ -26,24 +26,17 @@
 
 static int mpjpeg_write_header(AVFormatContext *s)
 {
-    uint8_t buf1[256];
-
-    snprintf(buf1, sizeof(buf1), "--%s\n", BOUNDARY_TAG);
-    avio_write(s->pb, buf1, strlen(buf1));
+    avio_printf(s->pb, "--%s\n", BOUNDARY_TAG);
     avio_flush(s->pb);
     return 0;
 }
 
 static int mpjpeg_write_packet(AVFormatContext *s, AVPacket *pkt)
 {
-    uint8_t buf1[256];
-
-    snprintf(buf1, sizeof(buf1), "Content-type: image/jpeg\n\n");
-    avio_write(s->pb, buf1, strlen(buf1));
+    avio_printf(s->pb, "Content-type: image/jpeg\n\n");
     avio_write(s->pb, pkt->data, pkt->size);
 
-    snprintf(buf1, sizeof(buf1), "\n--%s\n", BOUNDARY_TAG);
-    avio_write(s->pb, buf1, strlen(buf1));
+    avio_printf(s->pb, "\n--%s\n", BOUNDARY_TAG);
     return 0;
 }