diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/mpam/mpam_resctrl.c b/arch/arm64/kernel/mpam/mpam_resctrl.c
index 29335b7cdd3b38c978bffcb6db9971bcd4eb77a1..e890fb6de35eb630bf81fecdea63bef8f7f25673 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kernel/mpam/mpam_resctrl.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/mpam/mpam_resctrl.c
@@ -1717,7 +1717,7 @@ static int resctrl_last_cmd_status_show(struct kernfs_open_file *of,
 	if (len)
 		seq_printf(seq, "%.*s", len, last_cmd_status_buf);
 	else
-		seq_puts(seq, "ok\n");
+		seq_puts(seq, "");
 	mutex_unlock(&resctrl_group_mutex);
 	return 0;
 }
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/resctrl/rdtgroup.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/resctrl/rdtgroup.c
index 1e73b6fae3b4c54d0750f92dee81d5f33b73aae9..ef84ec9c3019948b2f0118818fb249aa43f45896 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/resctrl/rdtgroup.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/resctrl/rdtgroup.c
@@ -840,7 +840,7 @@ static int rdt_last_cmd_status_show(struct kernfs_open_file *of,
 	if (len)
 		seq_printf(seq, "%.*s", len, last_cmd_status_buf);
 	else
-		seq_puts(seq, "ok\n");
+		seq_puts(seq, "");
 	mutex_unlock(&rdtgroup_mutex);
 	return 0;
 }