diff --git a/components/battery.c b/components/battery.c
index 90e8590..bcd42cd 100644
--- a/components/battery.c
+++ b/components/battery.c
@@ -14,9 +14,16 @@
 		int perc;
 		char path[PATH_MAX];
 
-		snprintf(path, sizeof(path), "%s%s%s", "/sys/class/power_supply/",
-		         bat, "/capacity");
-		return (pscanf(path, "%d", &perc) == 1) ? bprintf("%d", perc) : NULL;
+		if (esnprintf(path, sizeof(path),
+		              "/sys/class/power_supply/%s/capacity",
+		              bat) < 0) {
+			return NULL;
+		}
+		if (pscanf(path, "%d", &perc) != 1) {
+			return NULL;
+		}
+
+		return bprintf("%d", perc);
 	}
 
 	const char *
@@ -32,8 +39,11 @@
 		size_t i;
 		char path[PATH_MAX], state[12];
 
-		snprintf(path, sizeof(path), "%s%s%s", "/sys/class/power_supply/",
-		         bat, "/status");
+		if (esnprintf(path, sizeof(path),
+		              "/sys/class/power_supply/%s/status",
+		              bat) < 0) {
+			return NULL;
+		}
 		if (pscanf(path, "%12s", state) != 1) {
 			return NULL;
 		}
@@ -53,20 +63,29 @@
 		float timeleft;
 		char path[PATH_MAX], state[12];
 
-		snprintf(path, sizeof(path), "%s%s%s", "/sys/class/power_supply/",
-		         bat, "/status");
+		if (esnprintf(path, sizeof(path),
+		              "/sys/class/power_supply/%s/status",
+		              bat) < 0) {
+			return NULL;
+		}
 		if (pscanf(path, "%12s", state) != 1) {
 			return NULL;
 		}
 
 		if (!strcmp(state, "Discharging")) {
-			snprintf(path, sizeof(path), "%s%s%s", "/sys/class/power_supply/",
-					 bat, "/charge_now");
+			if (esnprintf(path, sizeof(path),
+                                      "/sys/class/power_supply/%s/charge_now",
+			              bat) < 0) {
+				return NULL;
+			}
 			if (pscanf(path, "%d", &charge_now) != 1) {
 				return NULL;
 			}
-			snprintf(path, sizeof(path), "%s%s%s", "/sys/class/power_supply/",
-					 bat, "/current_now");
+			if (esnprintf(path, sizeof(path),
+			              "/sys/class/power_supply/%s/current_now",
+			              bat) < 0) {
+				return NULL;
+			}
 			if (pscanf(path, "%d", &current_now) != 1) {
 				return NULL;
 			}
diff --git a/components/netspeeds.c b/components/netspeeds.c
index b4e6972..6adc3ea 100644
--- a/components/netspeeds.c
+++ b/components/netspeeds.c
@@ -17,8 +17,11 @@
 
 		oldrxbytes = rxbytes;
 
-		snprintf(path, sizeof(path),
-		         "/sys/class/net/%s/statistics/rx_bytes", interface);
+		if (esnprintf(path, sizeof(path),
+		              "/sys/class/net/%s/statistics/rx_bytes",
+		              interface) < 0) {
+			return NULL;
+		}
 		if (pscanf(path, "%llu", &rxbytes) != 1) {
 			return NULL;
 		}
@@ -37,8 +40,11 @@
 
 		oldtxbytes = txbytes;
 
-		snprintf(path, sizeof(path),
-		         "/sys/class/net/%s/statistics/tx_bytes", interface);
+		if (esnprintf(path, sizeof(path),
+		              "/sys/class/net/%s/statistics/tx_bytes",
+		              interface) < 0) {
+			return NULL;
+		}
 		if (pscanf(path, "%llu", &txbytes) != 1) {
 			return NULL;
 		}
diff --git a/components/wifi.c b/components/wifi.c
index 591f6ad..b3e1723 100644
--- a/components/wifi.c
+++ b/components/wifi.c
@@ -23,8 +23,11 @@
 		char status[5];
 		FILE *fp;
 
-		snprintf(path, sizeof(path), "%s%s%s", "/sys/class/net/", iface,
-		         "/operstate");
+		if (esnprintf(path, sizeof(path),
+		              "/sys/class/net/%s/operstate",
+		              iface) < 0) {
+			return NULL;
+		}
 		if (!(fp = fopen(path, "r"))) {
 			warn("fopen '%s':", path);
 			return NULL;
@@ -69,7 +72,10 @@
 
 		memset(&wreq, 0, sizeof(struct iwreq));
 		wreq.u.essid.length = IW_ESSID_MAX_SIZE+1;
-		snprintf(wreq.ifr_name, sizeof(wreq.ifr_name), "%s", iface);
+		if (esnprintf(wreq.ifr_name, sizeof(wreq.ifr_name),
+		              "%s", iface) < 0) {
+			return NULL;
+		}
 
 		if ((sockfd = socket(AF_INET, SOCK_DGRAM, 0)) < 0) {
 			warn("socket 'AF_INET':");
diff --git a/slstatus.c b/slstatus.c
index 0c4605f..3222b02 100644
--- a/slstatus.c
+++ b/slstatus.c
@@ -91,12 +91,8 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[])
 			if (!(res = args[i].func(args[i].args))) {
 				res = unknown_str;
 			}
-			if ((ret = snprintf(status + len, sizeof(status) - len,
+			if ((ret = esnprintf(status + len, sizeof(status) - len,
 			                    args[i].fmt, res)) < 0) {
-				warn("snprintf:");
-				break;
-			} else if ((size_t)ret >= sizeof(status) - len) {
-				warn("snprintf: Output truncated");
 				break;
 			}
 			len += ret;
diff --git a/util.c b/util.c
index a7576b4..923d4df 100644
--- a/util.c
+++ b/util.c
@@ -48,6 +48,27 @@ die(const char *fmt, ...)
 	exit(1);
 }
 
+int
+esnprintf(char *str, size_t size, const char *fmt, ...)
+{
+	va_list ap;
+	int ret;
+
+	va_start(ap, fmt);
+	ret = vsnprintf(str, size, fmt, ap);
+	va_end(ap);
+
+	if (ret < 0) {
+		warn("snprintf:");
+		return -1;
+	} else if ((size_t)ret >= size) {
+		warn("snprintf: Output truncated");
+		return -1;
+	}
+
+	return ret;
+}
+
 const char *
 bprintf(const char *fmt, ...)
 {
diff --git a/util.h b/util.h
index bd05574..5111b37 100644
--- a/util.h
+++ b/util.h
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ extern char *argv0;
 void warn(const char *, ...);
 void die(const char *, ...);
 
+int esnprintf(char *str, size_t size, const char *fmt, ...);
 const char *bprintf(const char *fmt, ...);
 const char *fmt_scaled(size_t);
 int pscanf(const char *path, const char *fmt, ...);