diff --git a/tools/power/cpupower/lib/cpuidle.c b/tools/power/cpupower/lib/cpuidle.c
index 0ecac009273c..f2c1139adf71 100644
--- a/tools/power/cpupower/lib/cpuidle.c
+++ b/tools/power/cpupower/lib/cpuidle.c
@@ -233,6 +233,7 @@ int cpuidle_state_disable(unsigned int cpu,
 {
 	char value[SYSFS_PATH_MAX];
 	int bytes_written;
+	int len;
 
 	if (cpuidle_state_count(cpu) <= idlestate)
 		return -1;
@@ -241,10 +242,10 @@ int cpuidle_state_disable(unsigned int cpu,
 				 idlestate_value_files[IDLESTATE_DISABLE]))
 		return -2;
 
-	snprintf(value, SYSFS_PATH_MAX, "%u", disable);
+	len = snprintf(value, SYSFS_PATH_MAX, "%u", disable);
 
 	bytes_written = cpuidle_state_write_file(cpu, idlestate, "disable",
-						   value, sizeof(disable));
+						   value, len);
 	if (bytes_written)
 		return 0;
 	return -3;
diff --git a/tools/power/cpupower/lib/cpupower.c b/tools/power/cpupower/lib/cpupower.c
index ce8dfb8e46ab..d7f7ec6f151c 100644
--- a/tools/power/cpupower/lib/cpupower.c
+++ b/tools/power/cpupower/lib/cpupower.c
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ unsigned int cpupower_write_sysfs(const char *path, char *buf, size_t buflen)
 	if (numwritten < 1) {
 		perror(path);
 		close(fd);
-		return -1;
+		return 0;
 	}
 
 	close(fd);