diff --git a/src/vppinfra/linux/mem.c b/src/vppinfra/linux/mem.c
index 8f696a1..734f5c4 100644
--- a/src/vppinfra/linux/mem.c
+++ b/src/vppinfra/linux/mem.c
@@ -31,7 +31,6 @@
 #include <vppinfra/bitmap.h>
 #include <vppinfra/format.h>
 #include <vppinfra/clib_error.h>
-#include <vppinfra/linux/sysfs.h>
 
 #ifndef F_LINUX_SPECIFIC_BASE
 #define F_LINUX_SPECIFIC_BASE 1024
diff --git a/src/vppinfra/linux/sysfs.c b/src/vppinfra/linux/sysfs.c
index 6d9f859..61ee637 100644
--- a/src/vppinfra/linux/sysfs.c
+++ b/src/vppinfra/linux/sysfs.c
@@ -237,13 +237,21 @@
   return clib_sysfs_set_nr_hugepages (numa_node, log2_page_size, n + needed);
 }
 
-__clib_export uword *
-clib_sysfs_list_to_bitmap (char *filename)
+__clib_export clib_bitmap_t *
+clib_sysfs_read_bitmap (char *fmt, ...)
 {
   FILE *fp;
   uword *r = 0;
+  va_list va;
+  u8 *filename;
 
-  fp = fopen (filename, "r");
+  va_start (va, fmt);
+  filename = va_format (0, fmt, &va);
+  va_end (va);
+  vec_add1 (filename, 0);
+
+  fp = fopen ((char *) filename, "r");
+  vec_free (filename);
 
   if (fp != NULL)
     {
diff --git a/src/vppinfra/linux/sysfs.h b/src/vppinfra/linux/sysfs.h
index a616fa4..f2f822d 100644
--- a/src/vppinfra/linux/sysfs.h
+++ b/src/vppinfra/linux/sysfs.h
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 #define included_linux_sysfs_h
 
 #include <vppinfra/error.h>
+#include <vppinfra/bitmap.h>
 
 clib_error_t *clib_sysfs_write (char *file_name, char *fmt, ...);
 
@@ -33,7 +34,7 @@
 clib_error_t *clib_sysfs_prealloc_hugepages (int numa_node,
 					     int log2_page_size, int nr);
 
-uword *clib_sysfs_list_to_bitmap (char *filename);
+uword *clib_sysfs_read_bitmap (char *fmt, ...);
 
 #endif /* included_linux_sysfs_h */