diff --git a/hw/i386/xen/xen-hvm.c b/hw/i386/xen/xen-hvm.c
index d9ccd5d0d6be94986a63061574c8932ba65f7c5c..8028bed6fd2c052df9a409275168201f138e7a38 100644
--- a/hw/i386/xen/xen-hvm.c
+++ b/hw/i386/xen/xen-hvm.c
@@ -1446,7 +1446,7 @@ void xen_hvm_modified_memory(ram_addr_t start, ram_addr_t length)
         if (rc) {
             fprintf(stderr,
                     "%s failed for "RAM_ADDR_FMT" ("RAM_ADDR_FMT"): %i, %s\n",
-                    __func__, start, nb_pages, rc, strerror(-rc));
+                    __func__, start, nb_pages, errno, strerror(errno));
         }
     }
 }