diff --git a/arch/um/kernel/initrd.c b/arch/um/kernel/initrd.c
index fa015565001b6b46171149e073bfe2e828872566..d386c75c88eb2ee117c3cc1c84ff18100e0705f4 100644
--- a/arch/um/kernel/initrd.c
+++ b/arch/um/kernel/initrd.c
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ static int __init read_initrd(void)
 	 * ask for no memory.
 	 */
 	if (size == 0) {
-		printk(KERN_ERR "\"%\" is a zero-size initrd\n");
+		printk(KERN_ERR "\"%s\" is a zero-size initrd\n", initrd);
 		return 0;
 	}