diff --git a/lib/hexdump.c b/lib/hexdump.c
index 4af53f7..7ea0969 100644
--- a/lib/hexdump.c
+++ b/lib/hexdump.c
@@ -97,22 +97,26 @@
  *
  * example output buffer:
  * 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 4a 4b 4c 4d 4e 4f  @ABCDEFGHIJKLMNO
+ *
+ * Return:
+ * The amount of bytes placed in the buffer without terminating NUL. If the
+ * output was truncated, then the return value is the number of bytes
+ * (excluding the terminating NUL) which would have been written to the final
+ * string if enough space had been available.
  */
-void hex_dump_to_buffer(const void *buf, size_t len, int rowsize,
-			int groupsize, char *linebuf, size_t linebuflen,
-			bool ascii)
+int hex_dump_to_buffer(const void *buf, size_t len, int rowsize, int groupsize,
+		       char *linebuf, size_t linebuflen, bool ascii)
 {
 	const u8 *ptr = buf;
 	int ngroups;
 	u8 ch;
 	int j, lx = 0;
 	int ascii_column;
+	int ret;
 
 	if (rowsize != 16 && rowsize != 32)
 		rowsize = 16;
 
-	if (!len)
-		goto nil;
 	if (len > rowsize)		/* limit to one line at a time */
 		len = rowsize;
 	if (!is_power_of_2(groupsize) || groupsize > 8)
@@ -122,27 +126,50 @@
 
 	ngroups = len / groupsize;
 	ascii_column = rowsize * 2 + rowsize / groupsize + 1;
+
+	if (!linebuflen)
+		goto overflow1;
+
+	if (!len)
+		goto nil;
+
 	if (groupsize == 8) {
 		const u64 *ptr8 = buf;
 
-		for (j = 0; j < ngroups; j++)
-			lx += scnprintf(linebuf + lx, linebuflen - lx,
-					"%s%16.16llx", j ? " " : "",
-					(unsigned long long)*(ptr8 + j));
+		for (j = 0; j < ngroups; j++) {
+			ret = snprintf(linebuf + lx, linebuflen - lx,
+				       "%s%16.16llx", j ? " " : "",
+				       (unsigned long long)*(ptr8 + j));
+			if (ret >= linebuflen - lx)
+				goto overflow1;
+			lx += ret;
+		}
 	} else if (groupsize == 4) {
 		const u32 *ptr4 = buf;
 
-		for (j = 0; j < ngroups; j++)
-			lx += scnprintf(linebuf + lx, linebuflen - lx,
-					"%s%8.8x", j ? " " : "", *(ptr4 + j));
+		for (j = 0; j < ngroups; j++) {
+			ret = snprintf(linebuf + lx, linebuflen - lx,
+				       "%s%8.8x", j ? " " : "",
+				       *(ptr4 + j));
+			if (ret >= linebuflen - lx)
+				goto overflow1;
+			lx += ret;
+		}
 	} else if (groupsize == 2) {
 		const u16 *ptr2 = buf;
 
-		for (j = 0; j < ngroups; j++)
-			lx += scnprintf(linebuf + lx, linebuflen - lx,
-					"%s%4.4x", j ? " " : "", *(ptr2 + j));
+		for (j = 0; j < ngroups; j++) {
+			ret = snprintf(linebuf + lx, linebuflen - lx,
+				       "%s%4.4x", j ? " " : "",
+				       *(ptr2 + j));
+			if (ret >= linebuflen - lx)
+				goto overflow1;
+			lx += ret;
+		}
 	} else {
-		for (j = 0; (j < len) && (lx + 3) <= linebuflen; j++) {
+		for (j = 0; j < len; j++) {
+			if (linebuflen < lx + 3)
+				goto overflow2;
 			ch = ptr[j];
 			linebuf[lx++] = hex_asc_hi(ch);
 			linebuf[lx++] = hex_asc_lo(ch);
@@ -154,14 +181,24 @@
 	if (!ascii)
 		goto nil;
 
-	while (lx < (linebuflen - 1) && lx < ascii_column)
+	while (lx < ascii_column) {
+		if (linebuflen < lx + 2)
+			goto overflow2;
 		linebuf[lx++] = ' ';
-	for (j = 0; (j < len) && (lx + 2) < linebuflen; j++) {
+	}
+	for (j = 0; j < len; j++) {
+		if (linebuflen < lx + 2)
+			goto overflow2;
 		ch = ptr[j];
 		linebuf[lx++] = (isascii(ch) && isprint(ch)) ? ch : '.';
 	}
 nil:
+	linebuf[lx] = '\0';
+	return lx;
+overflow2:
 	linebuf[lx++] = '\0';
+overflow1:
+	return ascii ? ascii_column + len : (groupsize * 2 + 1) * ngroups - 1;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(hex_dump_to_buffer);