diff --git a/drivers/staging/speakup/kobjects.c b/drivers/staging/speakup/kobjects.c
index b12c76de60b01a9fa6c59115db732a4a3255a446..3708bc13ae86eed59570bdfad3fa1953ee04293e 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/speakup/kobjects.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/speakup/kobjects.c
@@ -566,7 +566,7 @@ ssize_t spk_var_show(struct kobject *kobj, struct kobj_attribute *attr,
 				if (ch >= ' ' && ch < '~')
 					*cp1++ = ch;
 				else
-					cp1 += sprintf(cp1, "\\""x%02x", ch);
+					cp1 += sprintf(cp1, "\\x%02x", ch);
 			}
 			*cp1++ = '"';
 			*cp1++ = '\n';