diff --git a/drivers/ntb/test/ntb_tool.c b/drivers/ntb/test/ntb_tool.c
index 025747c1568e..311d6ab8d016 100644
--- a/drivers/ntb/test/ntb_tool.c
+++ b/drivers/ntb/test/ntb_tool.c
@@ -504,7 +504,7 @@ static ssize_t tool_peer_link_read(struct file *filep, char __user *ubuf,
 	buf[1] = '\n';
 	buf[2] = '\0';
 
-	return simple_read_from_buffer(ubuf, size, offp, buf, 3);
+	return simple_read_from_buffer(ubuf, size, offp, buf, 2);
 }
 
 static TOOL_FOPS_RDWR(tool_peer_link_fops,
@@ -1690,4 +1690,3 @@ static void __exit tool_exit(void)
 	debugfs_remove_recursive(tool_dbgfs_topdir);
 }
 module_exit(tool_exit);
-