diff --git a/hmp.c b/hmp.c
index 249b89b..5bfc8bd 100644
--- a/hmp.c
+++ b/hmp.c
@@ -679,8 +679,10 @@ void hmp_memchar_read(Monitor *mon, const QDict *qdict)
 {
     uint32_t size = qdict_get_int(qdict, "size");
     const char *chardev = qdict_get_str(qdict, "device");
+    bool print_nl = false;
     MemCharRead *meminfo;
     Error *errp = NULL;
+    int i;
 
     meminfo = qmp_memchar_read(chardev, size, false, 0, &errp);
     if (errp) {
@@ -689,8 +691,16 @@ void hmp_memchar_read(Monitor *mon, const QDict *qdict)
         return;
     }
 
-    if (meminfo->count > 0) {
-        monitor_printf(mon, "%s\n", meminfo->data);
+    for (i = 0; i < meminfo->count; i++) {
+        char c = meminfo->data[i];
+        if (isprint(c) || c == '\n') {
+            monitor_printf(mon, "%c", c);
+            print_nl = true;
+        }
+    }
+
+    if (print_nl) {
+        monitor_printf(mon, "\n");
     }
 
     qapi_free_MemCharRead(meminfo);