diff --git a/drivers/cpuidle/lpm-levels.c b/drivers/cpuidle/lpm-levels.c
index 584a1857624a..324cce5d7354 100644
--- a/drivers/cpuidle/lpm-levels.c
+++ b/drivers/cpuidle/lpm-levels.c
@@ -1706,7 +1706,8 @@ static int cluster_cpuidle_register(struct lpm_cluster *cl)
 		struct cpuidle_state *st = &cl->drv->states[i];
 		struct lpm_cpu_level *cpu_level = &cl->cpu->levels[i];
 		snprintf(st->name, CPUIDLE_NAME_LEN, "C%u\n", i);
-		snprintf(st->desc, CPUIDLE_DESC_LEN, cpu_level->name);
+		snprintf(st->desc, CPUIDLE_DESC_LEN, "%s",
+			cpu_level->name);
 		st->flags = 0;
 		st->exit_latency = cpu_level->pwr.latency_us;
 		st->power_usage = cpu_level->pwr.ss_power;