diff --git a/tools/perf/util/header.c b/tools/perf/util/header.c
index d6310c6dace5d5f46c33e6f3501a02c95a5bc2b3..d89c9c7ef4e54ba6381c7b63d8db29c87328b3ea 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/header.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/header.c
@@ -2290,7 +2290,7 @@ static int do_write_feat(int fd, struct perf_header *h, int type,
 
 		err = feat_ops[type].write(fd, h, evlist);
 		if (err < 0) {
-			pr_debug("failed to write feature %d\n", type);
+			pr_debug("failed to write feature %s\n", feat_ops[type].name);
 
 			/* undo anything written */
 			lseek(fd, (*p)->offset, SEEK_SET);