diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/process_64.c b/arch/x86/kernel/process_64.c
index 6e68a6194965d66f07de49245bb177bb7e1f1cb7..0f49677da51e62afe9b14f6967ded036e098a578 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/process_64.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/process_64.c
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ void release_thread(struct task_struct *dead_task)
 {
 	if (dead_task->mm) {
 		if (dead_task->mm->context.size) {
-			pr_warn("WARNING: dead process %8s still has LDT? <%p/%d>\n",
+			pr_warn("WARNING: dead process %s still has LDT? <%p/%d>\n",
 				dead_task->comm,
 				dead_task->mm->context.ldt,
 				dead_task->mm->context.size);