diff --git a/arch/xtensa/platforms/iss/simdisk.c b/arch/xtensa/platforms/iss/simdisk.c
index 3cdfa00738e07..edb27649851f9 100644
--- a/arch/xtensa/platforms/iss/simdisk.c
+++ b/arch/xtensa/platforms/iss/simdisk.c
@@ -212,12 +212,18 @@ static ssize_t proc_read_simdisk(struct file *file, char __user *buf,
 	struct simdisk *dev = PDE_DATA(file_inode(file));
 	const char *s = dev->filename;
 	if (s) {
-		ssize_t n = simple_read_from_buffer(buf, size, ppos,
-							s, strlen(s));
-		if (n < 0)
-			return n;
-		buf += n;
-		size -= n;
+		ssize_t len = strlen(s);
+		char *temp = kmalloc(len + 2, GFP_KERNEL);
+
+		if (!temp)
+			return -ENOMEM;
+
+		len = scnprintf(temp, len + 2, "%s\n", s);
+		len = simple_read_from_buffer(buf, size, ppos,
+					      temp, len);
+
+		kfree(temp);
+		return len;
 	}
 	return simple_read_from_buffer(buf, size, ppos, "\n", 1);
 }