diff --git a/arch/powerpc/mm/book3s64/radix_pgtable.c b/arch/powerpc/mm/book3s64/radix_pgtable.c
index c6a4ac766b2b..27aa5a083ff0 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/mm/book3s64/radix_pgtable.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/mm/book3s64/radix_pgtable.c
@@ -260,7 +260,7 @@ print_mapping(unsigned long start, unsigned long end, unsigned long size, bool e
 	if (end <= start)
 		return;
 
-	string_get_size(size, 1, STRING_UNITS_2, buf, sizeof(buf));
+	string_get_size(size, 1, STRING_SIZE_BASE2, buf, sizeof(buf));
 
 	pr_info("Mapped 0x%016lx-0x%016lx with %s pages%s\n", start, end, buf,
 		exec ? " (exec)" : "");
diff --git a/drivers/block/virtio_blk.c b/drivers/block/virtio_blk.c
index 2bf14a0e2815..94fba7f57079 100644
--- a/drivers/block/virtio_blk.c
+++ b/drivers/block/virtio_blk.c
@@ -934,9 +934,9 @@ static void virtblk_update_capacity(struct virtio_blk *vblk, bool resize)
 	nblocks = DIV_ROUND_UP_ULL(capacity, queue_logical_block_size(q) >> 9);
 
 	string_get_size(nblocks, queue_logical_block_size(q),
-			STRING_UNITS_2, cap_str_2, sizeof(cap_str_2));
+			STRING_SIZE_BASE2, cap_str_2, sizeof(cap_str_2));
 	string_get_size(nblocks, queue_logical_block_size(q),
-			STRING_UNITS_10, cap_str_10, sizeof(cap_str_10));
+			0, cap_str_10, sizeof(cap_str_10));
 
 	dev_notice(&vdev->dev,
 		   "[%s] %s%llu %d-byte logical blocks (%s/%s)\n",
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/gud/gud_drv.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/gud/gud_drv.c
index 9d7bf8ee45f1..6b1748e1f666 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/gud/gud_drv.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/gud/gud_drv.c
@@ -329,7 +329,7 @@ static int gud_stats_debugfs(struct seq_file *m, void *data)
 	struct gud_device *gdrm = to_gud_device(entry->dev);
 	char buf[10];
 
-	string_get_size(gdrm->bulk_len, 1, STRING_UNITS_2, buf, sizeof(buf));
+	string_get_size(gdrm->bulk_len, 1, STRING_SIZE_BASE2, buf, sizeof(buf));
 	seq_printf(m, "Max buffer size: %s\n", buf);
 	seq_printf(m, "Number of errors:  %u\n", gdrm->stats_num_errors);
 
diff --git a/drivers/mmc/core/block.c b/drivers/mmc/core/block.c
index 32d49100dff5..1cded1e9aca4 100644
--- a/drivers/mmc/core/block.c
+++ b/drivers/mmc/core/block.c
@@ -2557,7 +2557,7 @@ static struct mmc_blk_data *mmc_blk_alloc_req(struct mmc_card *card,
 
 	blk_queue_write_cache(md->queue.queue, cache_enabled, fua_enabled);
 
-	string_get_size((u64)size, 512, STRING_UNITS_2,
+	string_get_size((u64)size, 512, STRING_SIZE_BASE2,
 			cap_str, sizeof(cap_str));
 	pr_info("%s: %s %s %s%s\n",
 		md->disk->disk_name, mmc_card_id(card), mmc_card_name(card),
@@ -2753,7 +2753,7 @@ static int mmc_blk_alloc_rpmb_part(struct mmc_card *card,
 
 	list_add(&rpmb->node, &md->rpmbs);
 
-	string_get_size((u64)size, 512, STRING_UNITS_2,
+	string_get_size((u64)size, 512, STRING_SIZE_BASE2,
 			cap_str, sizeof(cap_str));
 
 	pr_info("%s: %s %s %s, chardev (%d:%d)\n",
diff --git a/drivers/mtd/spi-nor/debugfs.c b/drivers/mtd/spi-nor/debugfs.c
index 2dbda6b6938a..f6c3ca430df1 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/spi-nor/debugfs.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/spi-nor/debugfs.c
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ static int spi_nor_params_show(struct seq_file *s, void *data)
 
 	seq_printf(s, "name\t\t%s\n", info->name);
 	seq_printf(s, "id\t\t%*ph\n", SPI_NOR_MAX_ID_LEN, nor->id);
-	string_get_size(params->size, 1, STRING_UNITS_2, buf, sizeof(buf));
+	string_get_size(params->size, 1, STRING_SIZE_BASE2, buf, sizeof(buf));
 	seq_printf(s, "size\t\t%s\n", buf);
 	seq_printf(s, "write size\t%u\n", params->writesize);
 	seq_printf(s, "page size\t%u\n", params->page_size);
@@ -130,14 +130,14 @@ static int spi_nor_params_show(struct seq_file *s, void *data)
 		struct spi_nor_erase_type *et = &erase_map->erase_type[i];
 
 		if (et->size) {
-			string_get_size(et->size, 1, STRING_UNITS_2, buf,
+			string_get_size(et->size, 1, STRING_SIZE_BASE2, buf,
 					sizeof(buf));
 			seq_printf(s, " %02x (%s) [%d]\n", et->opcode, buf, i);
 		}
 	}
 
 	if (!(nor->flags & SNOR_F_NO_OP_CHIP_ERASE)) {
-		string_get_size(params->size, 1, STRING_UNITS_2, buf, sizeof(buf));
+		string_get_size(params->size, 1, STRING_SIZE_BASE2, buf, sizeof(buf));
 		seq_printf(s, " %02x (%s)\n", nor->params->die_erase_opcode, buf);
 	}
 
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/chelsio/cxgb4/cxgb4_debugfs.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/chelsio/cxgb4/cxgb4_debugfs.c
index 14e0d989c3ba..7d5fbebd36fc 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/chelsio/cxgb4/cxgb4_debugfs.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/chelsio/cxgb4/cxgb4_debugfs.c
@@ -3457,8 +3457,8 @@ static void mem_region_show(struct seq_file *seq, const char *name,
 {
 	char buf[40];
 
-	string_get_size((u64)to - from + 1, 1, STRING_UNITS_2, buf,
-			sizeof(buf));
+	string_get_size((u64)to - from + 1, 1, STRING_SIZE_BASE2,
+			buf, sizeof(buf));
 	seq_printf(seq, "%-15s %#x-%#x [%s]\n", name, from, to, buf);
 }
 
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/sd.c b/drivers/scsi/sd.c
index 0833b3e6aa6e..e23bcb1d1ffa 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/sd.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/sd.c
@@ -2731,10 +2731,10 @@ sd_print_capacity(struct scsi_disk *sdkp,
 	if (!sdkp->first_scan && old_capacity == sdkp->capacity)
 		return;
 
-	string_get_size(sdkp->capacity, sector_size,
-			STRING_UNITS_2, cap_str_2, sizeof(cap_str_2));
-	string_get_size(sdkp->capacity, sector_size,
-			STRING_UNITS_10, cap_str_10, sizeof(cap_str_10));
+	string_get_size(sdkp->capacity, sector_size, STRING_SIZE_BASE2,
+			cap_str_2, sizeof(cap_str_2));
+	string_get_size(sdkp->capacity, sector_size, 0,
+			cap_str_10, sizeof(cap_str_10));
 
 	sd_printk(KERN_NOTICE, sdkp,
 		  "%llu %d-byte logical blocks: (%s/%s)\n",
diff --git a/include/linux/string_helpers.h b/include/linux/string_helpers.h
index 58fb1f90eda5..a54467d891db 100644
--- a/include/linux/string_helpers.h
+++ b/include/linux/string_helpers.h
@@ -17,14 +17,13 @@ static inline bool string_is_terminated(const char *s, int len)
 	return memchr(s, '\0', len) ? true : false;
 }
 
-/* Descriptions of the types of units to
- * print in */
-enum string_size_units {
-	STRING_UNITS_10,	/* use powers of 10^3 (standard SI) */
-	STRING_UNITS_2,		/* use binary powers of 2^10 */
+enum string_size_flags {
+	STRING_SIZE_BASE2	= (1 << 0),
+	STRING_SIZE_NOSPACE	= (1 << 1),
+	STRING_SIZE_NOBYTES	= (1 << 2),
 };
 
-int string_get_size(u64 size, u64 blk_size, enum string_size_units units,
+int string_get_size(u64 size, u64 blk_size, enum string_size_flags flags,
 		    char *buf, int len);
 
 int parse_int_array_user(const char __user *from, size_t count, int **array);
diff --git a/lib/string_helpers.c b/lib/string_helpers.c
index 7713f73e66b0..a5d7d1caed70 100644
--- a/lib/string_helpers.c
+++ b/lib/string_helpers.c
@@ -19,11 +19,17 @@
 #include <linux/string.h>
 #include <linux/string_helpers.h>
 
+enum string_size_units {
+	STRING_UNITS_10,	/* use powers of 10^3 (standard SI) */
+	STRING_UNITS_2,		/* use binary powers of 2^10 */
+};
+
 /**
  * string_get_size - get the size in the specified units
  * @size:	The size to be converted in blocks
  * @blk_size:	Size of the block (use 1 for size in bytes)
- * @units:	units to use (powers of 1000 or 1024)
+ * @flags:	units to use (powers of 1000 or 1024), whether to include space
+ *		separator
  * @buf:	buffer to format to
  * @len:	length of buffer
  *
@@ -34,14 +40,16 @@
  * Return value: number of characters of output that would have been written
  * (which may be greater than len, if output was truncated).
  */
-int string_get_size(u64 size, u64 blk_size, const enum string_size_units units,
+int string_get_size(u64 size, u64 blk_size, enum string_size_flags flags,
 		    char *buf, int len)
 {
+	enum string_size_units units = flags & flags & STRING_SIZE_BASE2
+		? STRING_UNITS_2 : STRING_UNITS_10;
 	static const char *const units_10[] = {
-		"B", "kB", "MB", "GB", "TB", "PB", "EB", "ZB", "YB"
+		"", "k", "M", "G", "T", "P", "E", "Z", "Y"
 	};
 	static const char *const units_2[] = {
-		"B", "KiB", "MiB", "GiB", "TiB", "PiB", "EiB", "ZiB", "YiB"
+		"", "Ki", "Mi", "Gi", "Ti", "Pi", "Ei", "Zi", "Yi"
 	};
 	static const char *const *const units_str[] = {
 		[STRING_UNITS_10] = units_10,
@@ -128,8 +136,10 @@ int string_get_size(u64 size, u64 blk_size, const enum string_size_units units,
 	else
 		unit = units_str[units][i];
 
-	return snprintf(buf, len, "%u%s %s", (u32)size,
-			tmp, unit);
+	return snprintf(buf, len, "%u%s%s%s%s", (u32)size, tmp,
+			(flags & STRING_SIZE_NOSPACE)		? "" : " ",
+			unit,
+			(flags & STRING_SIZE_NOBYTES)		? "" : "B");
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(string_get_size);
 
diff --git a/lib/test-string_helpers.c b/lib/test-string_helpers.c
index 9a68849a5d55..0b01ffca96fb 100644
--- a/lib/test-string_helpers.c
+++ b/lib/test-string_helpers.c
@@ -507,8 +507,8 @@ static __init void __test_string_get_size(const u64 size, const u64 blk_size,
 	char buf10[string_get_size_maxbuf];
 	char buf2[string_get_size_maxbuf];
 
-	string_get_size(size, blk_size, STRING_UNITS_10, buf10, sizeof(buf10));
-	string_get_size(size, blk_size, STRING_UNITS_2, buf2, sizeof(buf2));
+	string_get_size(size, blk_size, 0, buf10, sizeof(buf10));
+	string_get_size(size, blk_size, STRING_SIZE_BASE2, buf2, sizeof(buf2));
 
 	test_string_get_size_check("STRING_UNITS_10", exp_result10, buf10,
 				   size, blk_size);
diff --git a/mm/hugetlb.c b/mm/hugetlb.c
index ed1581b670d4..26a8028e4bb7 100644
--- a/mm/hugetlb.c
+++ b/mm/hugetlb.c
@@ -3475,7 +3475,7 @@ static void __init hugetlb_hstate_alloc_pages_onenode(struct hstate *h, int nid)
 	if (i == h->max_huge_pages_node[nid])
 		return;
 
-	string_get_size(huge_page_size(h), 1, STRING_UNITS_2, buf, 32);
+	string_get_size(huge_page_size(h), 1, STRING_SIZE_BASE2, buf, 32);
 	pr_warn("HugeTLB: allocating %u of page size %s failed node%d.  Only allocated %lu hugepages.\n",
 		h->max_huge_pages_node[nid], buf, nid, i);
 	h->max_huge_pages -= (h->max_huge_pages_node[nid] - i);
@@ -3561,7 +3561,7 @@ static void __init hugetlb_hstate_alloc_pages(struct hstate *h)
 	if (i < h->max_huge_pages) {
 		char buf[32];
 
-		string_get_size(huge_page_size(h), 1, STRING_UNITS_2, buf, 32);
+		string_get_size(huge_page_size(h), 1, STRING_SIZE_BASE2, buf, 32);
 		pr_warn("HugeTLB: allocating %lu of page size %s failed.  Only allocated %lu hugepages.\n",
 			h->max_huge_pages, buf, i);
 		h->max_huge_pages = i;
@@ -3607,7 +3607,7 @@ static void __init report_hugepages(void)
 	for_each_hstate(h) {
 		char buf[32];
 
-		string_get_size(huge_page_size(h), 1, STRING_UNITS_2, buf, 32);
+		string_get_size(huge_page_size(h), 1, STRING_SIZE_BASE2, buf, 32);
 		pr_info("HugeTLB: registered %s page size, pre-allocated %ld pages\n",
 			buf, h->free_huge_pages);
 		pr_info("HugeTLB: %d KiB vmemmap can be freed for a %s page\n",
@@ -4527,7 +4527,7 @@ static int __init hugetlb_init(void)
 				char buf[32];
 
 				string_get_size(huge_page_size(&default_hstate),
-					1, STRING_UNITS_2, buf, 32);
+					1, STRING_SIZE_BASE2, buf, 32);
 				pr_warn("HugeTLB: Ignoring hugepages=%lu associated with %s page size\n",
 					default_hstate.max_huge_pages, buf);
 				pr_warn("HugeTLB: Using hugepages=%lu for number of default huge pages\n",
