1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/tools/perf/util/evsel.c b/tools/perf/util/evsel.c
index 07b1a3ad3e24..63b6f8c8edf2 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/evsel.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/evsel.c
@@ -1514,7 +1514,7 @@ int perf_evsel__open_strerror(struct perf_evsel *evsel,
         switch (err) {
         case EPERM:
         case EACCES:
-                return scnprintf(msg, size, "%s",
+                return scnprintf(msg, size,
                  "You may not have permission to collect %sstats.\n"
                  "Consider tweaking /proc/sys/kernel/perf_event_paranoid:\n"
                  " -1 - Not paranoid at all\n"