diff --git a/lib/vsprintf.c b/lib/vsprintf.c
index 3900f7a1a5..7f47533ed8 100644
--- a/lib/vsprintf.c
+++ b/lib/vsprintf.c
@@ -1988,25 +1988,20 @@ void fwnode_full_name_string(struct printbuf *out,
 
 static noinline_for_stack
 void device_node_string(struct printbuf *out, struct device_node *dn,
-			struct printf_spec spec, const char *fmt)
+			const char *fmt)
 {
-	char tbuf[sizeof("xxxx") + 1];
 	const char *p;
 	int ret;
-	unsigned start = out->pos;
 	struct property *prop;
 	bool has_mult, pass;
 
-	struct printf_spec str_spec = spec;
-	str_spec.field_width = -1;
-
 	if (fmt[0] != 'F')
-		return error_string_spec(out, "(%pO?)", spec);
+		return error_string(out, "(%pO?)");
 
 	if (!IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_OF))
-		return error_string_spec(out, "(%pOF?)", spec);
+		return error_string(out, "(%pOF?)");
 
-	if (check_pointer_spec(out, dn, spec))
+	if (check_pointer(out, dn))
 		return;
 
 	/* simple case without anything any more format specifiers */
@@ -2015,7 +2010,6 @@ void device_node_string(struct printbuf *out, struct device_node *dn,
 		fmt = "f";
 
 	for (pass = false; strspn(fmt,"fnpPFcC"); fmt++, pass = true) {
-		int precision;
 		if (pass)
 			prt_char(out, ':');
 
@@ -2023,43 +2017,41 @@ void device_node_string(struct printbuf *out, struct device_node *dn,
 		case 'f':	/* full_name */
 			fwnode_full_name_string(out, of_fwnode_handle(dn));
 			break;
-		case 'n':	/* name */
-			p = fwnode_get_name(of_fwnode_handle(dn));
-			precision = str_spec.precision;
-			str_spec.precision = strchrnul(p, '@') - p;
-			string_spec(out, p, str_spec);
-			str_spec.precision = precision;
+		case 'n': {	/* name */
+			const char *name = fwnode_get_name(of_fwnode_handle(dn));
+			unsigned len = strchrnul(name, '@') - name;
+
+			prt_bytes(out, name, len);
 			break;
+		}
 		case 'p':	/* phandle */
-			prt_u64(out, (unsigned int)dn->phandle);
+			prt_u64(out, dn->phandle);
 			break;
 		case 'P':	/* path-spec */
 			p = fwnode_get_name(of_fwnode_handle(dn));
 			if (!p[1])
 				p = "/";
-			string_spec(out, p, str_spec);
+			string(out, p);
 			break;
 		case 'F':	/* flags */
-			tbuf[0] = of_node_check_flag(dn, OF_DYNAMIC) ? 'D' : '-';
-			tbuf[1] = of_node_check_flag(dn, OF_DETACHED) ? 'd' : '-';
-			tbuf[2] = of_node_check_flag(dn, OF_POPULATED) ? 'P' : '-';
-			tbuf[3] = of_node_check_flag(dn, OF_POPULATED_BUS) ? 'B' : '-';
-			tbuf[4] = 0;
-			string_nocheck(out, tbuf, str_spec);
+			prt_char(out, of_node_check_flag(dn, OF_DYNAMIC) ? 'D' : '-');
+			prt_char(out, of_node_check_flag(dn, OF_DETACHED) ? 'd' : '-');
+			prt_char(out, of_node_check_flag(dn, OF_POPULATED) ? 'P' : '-');
+			prt_char(out, of_node_check_flag(dn, OF_POPULATED_BUS) ? 'B' : '-');
 			break;
 		case 'c':	/* major compatible string_spec */
 			ret = of_property_read_string(dn, "compatible", &p);
 			if (!ret)
-				string_spec(out, p, str_spec);
+				string(out, p);
 			break;
 		case 'C':	/* full compatible string_spec */
 			has_mult = false;
 			of_property_for_each_string(dn, "compatible", prop, p) {
 				if (has_mult)
-					string_nocheck(out, ",", str_spec);
-				string_nocheck(out, "\"", str_spec);
-				string_spec(out, p, str_spec);
-				string_nocheck(out, "\"", str_spec);
+					prt_char(out, ',');
+				prt_char(out, '\"');
+				string(out, p);
+				prt_char(out, '\"');
 
 				has_mult = true;
 			}
@@ -2068,39 +2060,30 @@ void device_node_string(struct printbuf *out, struct device_node *dn,
 			break;
 		}
 	}
-
-	widen_string(out, out->pos - start, spec);
 }
 
 static noinline_for_stack
 void fwnode_string(struct printbuf *out,
 		   struct fwnode_handle *fwnode,
-		   struct printf_spec spec, const char *fmt)
+		   const char *fmt)
 {
-	struct printf_spec str_spec = spec;
-	unsigned start = out->pos;
-
-	str_spec.field_width = -1;
-
 	if (*fmt != 'w')
-		return error_string_spec(out, "(%pf?)", spec);
+		return error_string(out, "(%pf?)");
 
-	if (check_pointer_spec(out, fwnode, spec))
+	if (check_pointer(out, fwnode))
 		return;
 
 	fmt++;
 
 	switch (*fmt) {
 	case 'P':	/* name */
-		string_spec(out, fwnode_get_name(fwnode), str_spec);
+		string(out, fwnode_get_name(fwnode));
 		break;
 	case 'f':	/* full_name */
 	default:
 		fwnode_full_name_string(out, fwnode);
 		break;
 	}
-
-	widen_string(out, out->pos - start, spec);
 }
 
 int __init no_hash_pointers_enable(char *str)
@@ -2338,9 +2321,11 @@ void pointer(struct printbuf *out, const char *fmt,
 		flags_string(out, ptr, fmt);
 		return do_width_precision(out, prev_pos, spec);
 	case 'O':
-		return device_node_string(out, ptr, spec, fmt + 1);
+		device_node_string(out, ptr, fmt + 1);
+		return do_width_precision(out, prev_pos, spec);
 	case 'f':
-		return fwnode_string(out, ptr, spec, fmt + 1);
+		fwnode_string(out, ptr, fmt + 1);
+		return do_width_precision(out, prev_pos, spec);
 	case 'x':
 		return pointer_string(out, ptr, spec);
 	case 'e':
