diff --git a/fs/overlayfs/namei.c b/fs/overlayfs/namei.c
index 8a10506db993b..d9468de3c9510 100644
--- a/fs/overlayfs/namei.c
+++ b/fs/overlayfs/namei.c
@@ -519,7 +519,7 @@ static struct dentry *ovl_lookup_index(struct dentry *dentry,
 			index = NULL;
 			goto out;
 		}
-		pr_warn_ratelimited("overlayfs: failed inode index lookup (ino=%lu, key=%*s, err=%i);\n"
+		pr_warn_ratelimited("overlayfs: failed inode index lookup (ino=%lu, key=%.*s, err=%i);\n"
 				    "overlayfs: mount with '-o index=off' to disable inodes index.\n",
 				    d_inode(origin)->i_ino, name.len, name.name,
 				    err);