diff --git a/qemu-char.c b/qemu-char.c
index 7e13757af6179704bc448bc3ee5bb582108a05a5..e6337971a577405b7fd91e1bf1ec486061d3b798 100644
--- a/qemu-char.c
+++ b/qemu-char.c
@@ -2656,7 +2656,7 @@ static CharDriverState *qemu_chr_open_socket_fd(int fd, bool do_nodelay,
         s->do_nodelay = do_nodelay;
         getnameinfo((struct sockaddr *) &ss, ss_len, host, sizeof(host),
                     serv, sizeof(serv), NI_NUMERICHOST | NI_NUMERICSERV);
-        snprintf(chr->filename, 256, "%s:%s:%s%s%s%s",
+        snprintf(chr->filename, 256, "%s:%s%s%s:%s%s",
                  is_telnet ? "telnet" : "tcp",
                  left, host, right, serv,
                  is_listen ? ",server" : "");