diff --git a/lib/vsprintf.c b/lib/vsprintf.c
index 8e75003d62f632c52b8c0ea56ca62bdc72e560f0..38e612e66da5993f7b1eb92065ebfec45216d83c 100644
--- a/lib/vsprintf.c
+++ b/lib/vsprintf.c
@@ -891,9 +891,15 @@ char *pointer(const char *fmt, char *buf, char *end, void *ptr,
 	case 'U':
 		return uuid_string(buf, end, ptr, spec, fmt);
 	case 'V':
-		return buf + vsnprintf(buf, end > buf ? end - buf : 0,
-				       ((struct va_format *)ptr)->fmt,
-				       *(((struct va_format *)ptr)->va));
+		{
+			va_list va;
+
+			va_copy(va, *((struct va_format *)ptr)->va);
+			buf += vsnprintf(buf, end > buf ? end - buf : 0,
+					 ((struct va_format *)ptr)->fmt, va);
+			va_end(va);
+			return buf;
+		}
 	case 'K':
 		/*
 		 * %pK cannot be used in IRQ context because its test