diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-record.c b/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
index d93e2eef09790321f9ade24dfabcb037df289542..c1c1200d2f0a69555111aa9872c3d4be04d786dc 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
@@ -224,7 +224,7 @@ static int perf_record__open(struct perf_record *rec)
 			       "Consider increasing "
 			       "/proc/sys/kernel/perf_event_mlock_kb,\n"
 			       "or try again with a smaller value of -m/--mmap_pages.\n"
-			       "(current value: %d)\n", opts->mmap_pages);
+			       "(current value: %u)\n", opts->mmap_pages);
 			rc = -errno;
 		} else {
 			pr_err("failed to mmap with %d (%s)\n", errno, strerror(errno));