diff --git a/src/share/vm/adlc/formssel.cpp b/src/share/vm/adlc/formssel.cpp
index 85118e87fe75b48a3c809752cfc4bbdd1fc19bf4..d3817ed4ac8be2a1824425d8df67ce6eddbfc2e1 100644
--- a/src/share/vm/adlc/formssel.cpp
+++ b/src/share/vm/adlc/formssel.cpp
@@ -1225,7 +1225,7 @@ void InstructForm::rep_var_format(FILE *fp, const char *rep_var) {
   // Handle special constant table variables.
   if (strcmp(rep_var, "constanttablebase") == 0) {
     fprintf(fp, "char reg[128];  ra->dump_register(in(mach_constant_base_node_input()), reg);\n");
-    fprintf(fp, "st->print(\"%%s\");\n");
+    fprintf(fp, "    st->print(\"%%s\", reg);\n");
     return;
   }
   if (strcmp(rep_var, "constantoffset") == 0) {