diff --git a/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_stats.c b/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_stats.c
index 64f4ec90b8b..c3526d445f6 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_stats.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_stats.c
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ xfs_read_xfsstats(
 
 	/* Loop over all stats groups */
 	for (i=j=len = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(xstats); i++) {
-		len += sprintf(buffer + len, xstats[i].desc);
+		len += sprintf(buffer + len, "%s", xstats[i].desc);
 		/* inner loop does each group */
 		while (j < xstats[i].endpoint) {
 			val = 0;
diff --git a/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_super.c b/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_super.c
index c3d004bc462..cc5e07e3e7a 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_super.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_super.c
@@ -1848,10 +1848,9 @@ STATIC int __init
 init_xfs_fs(void)
 {
 	int			error;
-	static char		message[] __initdata = KERN_INFO \
-		XFS_VERSION_STRING " with " XFS_BUILD_OPTIONS " enabled\n";
 
-	printk(message);
+	printk(KERN_INFO XFS_VERSION_STRING " with "
+			 XFS_BUILD_OPTIONS " enabled\n");
 
 	ktrace_init(64);
 	vn_init();