diff --git a/arch/alpha/oprofile/common.c b/arch/alpha/oprofile/common.c
index ba788cfdc3c6cb00a31f31d82cd1f545420ff751..9fc0eeb4f0abffb573b69365d28eca36b5d5e70d 100644
--- a/arch/alpha/oprofile/common.c
+++ b/arch/alpha/oprofile/common.c
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ op_axp_create_files(struct super_block * sb, struct dentry * root)
 
 	for (i = 0; i < model->num_counters; ++i) {
 		struct dentry *dir;
-		char buf[3];
+		char buf[4];
 
 		snprintf(buf, sizeof buf, "%d", i);
 		dir = oprofilefs_mkdir(sb, root, buf);
diff --git a/arch/i386/oprofile/nmi_int.c b/arch/i386/oprofile/nmi_int.c
index ec0fd3cfa774aa575fe6c3cf42da2af2c0e56f96..fa8a37bcb391995e8d0de88dac0208f2d9458a52 100644
--- a/arch/i386/oprofile/nmi_int.c
+++ b/arch/i386/oprofile/nmi_int.c
@@ -281,9 +281,9 @@ static int nmi_create_files(struct super_block * sb, struct dentry * root)
 
 	for (i = 0; i < model->num_counters; ++i) {
 		struct dentry * dir;
-		char buf[2];
+		char buf[4];
  
-		snprintf(buf, 2, "%d", i);
+		snprintf(buf,  sizeof(buf), "%d", i);
 		dir = oprofilefs_mkdir(sb, root, buf);
 		oprofilefs_create_ulong(sb, dir, "enabled", &counter_config[i].enabled); 
 		oprofilefs_create_ulong(sb, dir, "event", &counter_config[i].event); 
diff --git a/arch/mips/oprofile/common.c b/arch/mips/oprofile/common.c
index c31e4cff64e043437a9019bfeae3890c2ee043eb..65eb55400d772f091a0fbbc4f55b18903c0c7955 100644
--- a/arch/mips/oprofile/common.c
+++ b/arch/mips/oprofile/common.c
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ static int op_mips_create_files(struct super_block * sb, struct dentry * root)
 
 	for (i = 0; i < model->num_counters; ++i) {
 		struct dentry *dir;
-		char buf[3];
+		char buf[4];
 
 		snprintf(buf, sizeof buf, "%d", i);
 		dir = oprofilefs_mkdir(sb, root, buf);
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/oprofile/common.c b/arch/powerpc/oprofile/common.c
index 27ad56bd227e7af5215c6803c40e860a778364bd..fd0bbbe7a4de480fe5de9ff22f944270edace114 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/oprofile/common.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/oprofile/common.c
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ static int op_powerpc_create_files(struct super_block *sb, struct dentry *root)
 
 	for (i = 0; i < model->num_counters; ++i) {
 		struct dentry *dir;
-		char buf[3];
+		char buf[4];
 
 		snprintf(buf, sizeof buf, "%d", i);
 		dir = oprofilefs_mkdir(sb, root, buf);
diff --git a/arch/sh/oprofile/op_model_sh7750.c b/arch/sh/oprofile/op_model_sh7750.c
index 5ec9ddcc4b0bd1d40d69c699dd1cb636f4e0ce9b..c265185b22a72b92a0d48c3f68fd1ca100bc45da 100644
--- a/arch/sh/oprofile/op_model_sh7750.c
+++ b/arch/sh/oprofile/op_model_sh7750.c
@@ -198,7 +198,7 @@ static int sh7750_perf_counter_create_files(struct super_block *sb, struct dentr
 
 	for (i = 0; i < NR_CNTRS; i++) {
 		struct dentry *dir;
-		char buf[3];
+		char buf[4];
 
 		snprintf(buf, sizeof(buf), "%d", i);
 		dir = oprofilefs_mkdir(sb, root, buf);