diff --git a/compiler-rt/lib/sanitizer_common/sanitizer_printf.cc b/compiler-rt/lib/sanitizer_common/sanitizer_printf.cc
index 59f9b970178e..5c2360043b07 100644
--- a/compiler-rt/lib/sanitizer_common/sanitizer_printf.cc
+++ b/compiler-rt/lib/sanitizer_common/sanitizer_printf.cc
@@ -105,8 +105,6 @@ static int AppendString(char **buff, const char *buff_end, int precision,
       break;
     result += AppendChar(buff, buff_end, *s);
   }
-  while (result < precision)
-    result += AppendChar(buff, buff_end, ' ');
   return result;
 }
 
diff --git a/compiler-rt/lib/sanitizer_common/tests/sanitizer_printf_test.cc b/compiler-rt/lib/sanitizer_common/tests/sanitizer_printf_test.cc
index f8dac8942568..5a77b470caf5 100644
--- a/compiler-rt/lib/sanitizer_common/tests/sanitizer_printf_test.cc
+++ b/compiler-rt/lib/sanitizer_common/tests/sanitizer_printf_test.cc
@@ -146,13 +146,8 @@ TEST(Printf, Precision) {
   EXPECT_EQ(3U, len);
   EXPECT_STREQ("123", buf);
   len = internal_snprintf(buf, sizeof(buf), "%.*s", 6, "12345");
-  EXPECT_EQ(6U, len);
-  EXPECT_STREQ("12345 ", buf);
-  // CHeck that precision does not overflow the smaller buffer, although
-  // 10 chars is requested, it stops at the buffer size, 8.
-  len = internal_snprintf(buf, 8, "%.*s", 10, "12345");
-  EXPECT_EQ(10U, len);  // The required size reported.
-  EXPECT_STREQ("12345  ", buf);
+  EXPECT_EQ(5U, len);
+  EXPECT_STREQ("12345", buf);
 }
 
 }  // namespace __sanitizer