diff --git a/sound/isa/gus/interwave.c b/sound/isa/gus/interwave.c
index 9942691cc0ca9c101bfd830b134bc4e97bddb727..afef0d738078f27935d844f5d002db1b7bbe2609 100644
--- a/sound/isa/gus/interwave.c
+++ b/sound/isa/gus/interwave.c
@@ -443,8 +443,7 @@ static void snd_interwave_detect_memory(struct snd_gus_card *gus)
 		for (i = 0; i < 8; ++i)
 			iwave[i] = snd_gf1_peek(gus, bank_pos + i);
 #ifdef CONFIG_SND_DEBUG_ROM
-		printk(KERN_DEBUG "ROM at 0x%06x = %*phC\n", bank_pos,
-				  8, iwave);
+		printk(KERN_DEBUG "ROM at 0x%06x = %8phC\n", bank_pos, iwave);
 #endif
 		if (strncmp(iwave, "INTRWAVE", 8))
 			continue;	/* first check */
diff --git a/sound/usb/6fire/firmware.c b/sound/usb/6fire/firmware.c
index b9defcdeb7ef805af05a6453ce309a2eb64bdb18..780bf3f62d2800f3a8f9da7ffc8d011d0a6c3bd2 100644
--- a/sound/usb/6fire/firmware.c
+++ b/sound/usb/6fire/firmware.c
@@ -346,10 +346,10 @@ static int usb6fire_fw_check(u8 *version)
 		if (!memcmp(version, known_fw_versions + i, 2))
 			return 0;
 
-	snd_printk(KERN_ERR PREFIX "invalid fimware version in device: %*ph. "
+	snd_printk(KERN_ERR PREFIX "invalid fimware version in device: %4ph. "
 			"please reconnect to power. if this failure "
 			"still happens, check your firmware installation.",
-			4, version);
+			version);
 	return -EINVAL;
 }