diff --git a/api.c b/api.c
index cfa3af52..fa454bcb 100644
--- a/api.c
+++ b/api.c
@@ -1005,7 +1005,7 @@ static struct api_data *print_data(struct api_data *root, char *buf, bool isjson
 				sprintf(buf, "%s", *((bool *)(root->data)) ? TRUESTR : FALSESTR);
 				break;
 			case API_TIMEVAL:
-				snprintf(buf, sizeof(buf), "%"PRIu64".%06lu",
+				sprintf(buf, "%"PRIu64".%06lu",
 					(uint64_t)((struct timeval *)(root->data))->tv_sec,
 					(unsigned long)((struct timeval *)(root->data))->tv_usec);
 				break;