diff --git a/lib/vsprintf.c b/lib/vsprintf.c
index ec337f64f52ddada251c9126561e5e38a38093e5..98ad170b10e0d0eebedadc4e05620f110f58213c 100644
--- a/lib/vsprintf.c
+++ b/lib/vsprintf.c
@@ -1604,8 +1604,7 @@ int format_decode(const char *fmt, struct printf_spec *spec)
 
 	case 'p':
 		spec->type = FORMAT_TYPE_PTR;
-		return fmt - start;
-		/* skip alnum */
+		return ++fmt - start;
 
 	case '%':
 		spec->type = FORMAT_TYPE_PERCENT_CHAR;
@@ -1794,7 +1793,7 @@ int vsnprintf(char *buf, size_t size, const char *fmt, va_list args)
 			break;
 
 		case FORMAT_TYPE_PTR:
-			str = pointer(fmt+1, str, end, va_arg(args, void *),
+			str = pointer(fmt, str, end, va_arg(args, void *),
 				      spec);
 			while (isalnum(*fmt))
 				fmt++;
@@ -2232,7 +2231,7 @@ int bstr_printf(char *buf, size_t size, const char *fmt, const u32 *bin_buf)
 		}
 
 		case FORMAT_TYPE_PTR:
-			str = pointer(fmt+1, str, end, get_arg(void *), spec);
+			str = pointer(fmt, str, end, get_arg(void *), spec);
 			while (isalnum(*fmt))
 				fmt++;
 			break;