diff --git a/src/gui/hdd_menu.cpp b/src/gui/hdd_menu.cpp
index 60201ddaf..3e7319530 100644
--- a/src/gui/hdd_menu.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/hdd_menu.cpp
@@ -679,7 +679,7 @@ bool CHDDMenuHandler::scanDevices()
 		bool isroot = false;
 
 		printf("HDD: checking /sys/block/%s\n", namelist[i]->d_name);
-		snprintf(str, sizeof(str), "/dev/%s", namelist[i]->d_name);
+		snprintf(str, sizeof(str), "/dev/%s", namelist[i]->d_name) < 0 ? abort() : (void)0;
 		int fd = open(str, O_RDONLY);
 		if (fd >= 0) {
 			if (ioctl(fd, BLKGETSIZE64, &bytes))
@@ -702,11 +702,11 @@ bool CHDDMenuHandler::scanDevices()
 
 		megabytes = bytes/1000000;
 
-		snprintf(str, sizeof(str), "/sys/block/%s/device/vendor", namelist[i]->d_name);
+		snprintf(str, sizeof(str), "/sys/block/%s/device/vendor", namelist[i]->d_name) < 0 ? abort() : (void)0;
 		FILE * f = fopen(str, "r");
 		if(!f) {
 			printf("Cant open %s\n", str);
-			snprintf(str, sizeof(str), "/sys/block/%s/device/type", namelist[i]->d_name);
+			snprintf(str, sizeof(str), "/sys/block/%s/device/type", namelist[i]->d_name) < 0 ? abort() : (void)0;
 			f = fopen(str, "r");
 		}
 		if (f) {
@@ -719,13 +719,13 @@ bool CHDDMenuHandler::scanDevices()
 
 		/* the Tripledragon only has kernel 2.6.12 available.... :-( */
 		if (oldkernel)
-			snprintf(str, sizeof(str), "/proc/ide/%s/model", namelist[i]->d_name);
+			snprintf(str, sizeof(str), "/proc/ide/%s/model", namelist[i]->d_name) < 0 ? abort() : (void)0;
 		else
-			snprintf(str, sizeof(str), "/sys/block/%s/device/model", namelist[i]->d_name);
+			snprintf(str, sizeof(str), "/sys/block/%s/device/model", namelist[i]->d_name) < 0 ? abort() : (void)0;
 		f = fopen(str, "r");
 		if(!f) {
 			printf("Cant open %s\n", str);
-			snprintf(str, sizeof(str), "/sys/block/%s/device/name", namelist[i]->d_name);
+			snprintf(str, sizeof(str), "/sys/block/%s/device/name", namelist[i]->d_name) < 0 ? abort() : (void)0;
 			f = fopen(str, "r");
 		}
 		if (f) {
@@ -734,7 +734,7 @@ bool CHDDMenuHandler::scanDevices()
 		}
 #if 0
 		int removable = 0;
-		snprintf(str, sizeof(str), "/sys/block/%s/removable", namelist[i]->d_name);
+		snprintf(str, sizeof(str), "/sys/block/%s/removable", namelist[i]->d_name) < 0 ? abort() : (void)0;
 		f = fopen(str, "r");
 		if(!f) {
 			printf("Cant open %s\n", str);
@@ -755,7 +755,7 @@ bool CHDDMenuHandler::scanDevices()
 			hdd_list.push_back(hdd);
 		}
 
-		snprintf(str, sizeof(str), "%s %s %ld %s", vendor, model, (long)(megabytes < 10000 ? megabytes : megabytes/1000), megabytes < 10000 ? "MB" : "GB");
+		snprintf(str, sizeof(str), "%s %s %ld %s", vendor, model, (long)(megabytes < 10000 ? megabytes : megabytes/1000), megabytes < 10000 ? "MB" : "GB") < 0 ? abort() : (void)0;
 		printf("HDD: %s\n", str);
 		devtitle[namelist[i]->d_name] = str;
 
@@ -1456,7 +1456,7 @@ int CHDDDestExec::exec(CMenuTarget* /*parent*/, const std::string&)
 		char M_opt[50],S_opt[50], opt[100];
 		snprintf(S_opt, sizeof(S_opt), "-S%d", g_settings.hdd_sleep);
 		snprintf(M_opt, sizeof(M_opt), "-M%d", g_settings.hdd_noise);
-		snprintf(opt, sizeof(opt), "/dev/%s",namelist[i]->d_name);
+		snprintf(opt, sizeof(opt), "/dev/%s",namelist[i]->d_name) < 0 ? abort() : (void)0;
 
 		if (have_nonbb_hdparm)
 			my_system(4, hdparm, M_opt, S_opt, opt);