diff --git a/drivers/net/macvtap.c b/drivers/net/macvtap.c
index 694e2f5dbbe591c45c80913750231c0986c16854..6b12902a803f0d73d18de70db83628cf4d9dfc2a 100644
--- a/drivers/net/macvtap.c
+++ b/drivers/net/macvtap.c
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ static int macvtap_device_event(struct notifier_block *unused,
 
 		devt = MKDEV(MAJOR(macvtap_major), vlantap->tap.minor);
 		classdev = device_create(&macvtap_class, &dev->dev, devt,
-					 dev, tap_name);
+					 dev, "%s", tap_name);
 		if (IS_ERR(classdev)) {
 			tap_free_minor(macvtap_major, &vlantap->tap);
 			return notifier_from_errno(PTR_ERR(classdev));