1 files changed, 8 insertions, 10 deletions

diff --git a/coreutils/printf.c b/coreutils/printf.c
index 2cc238439..c8395fa89 100644
--- a/coreutils/printf.c
+++ b/coreutils/printf.c
@@ -122,16 +122,14 @@ static double my_xstrtod(const char *arg)
         return result;
 }
 
-static void print_esc_string(char *str)
+static void print_esc_string(const char *str)
 {
-        while (*str) {
-                if (*str == '\\') {
-                        str++;
-                        bb_putchar(bb_process_escape_sequence((const char **)&str));
-                } else {
-                        bb_putchar(*str);
-                        str++;
-                }
+        char c;
+        while ((c = *str) != '\0') {
+                str++;
+                if (c == '\\')
+                        c = bb_process_escape_sequence(&str);
+                putchar(c);
         }
 }
 
@@ -344,7 +342,7 @@ static char **print_formatted(char *f, char **argv, int *conv_err)
                         f--;
                         break;
                 default:
-                        bb_putchar(*f);
+                        putchar(*f);
                 }
         }