diff --git a/mm/slub.c b/mm/slub.c
index 367b224f2aa5..a99e9e67c60e 100644
--- a/mm/slub.c
+++ b/mm/slub.c
@@ -5169,7 +5169,7 @@ static int sysfs_slab_add(struct kmem_cache *s)
 	}
 
 	s->kobj.kset = slab_kset;
-	err = kobject_init_and_add(&s->kobj, &slab_ktype, NULL, name);
+	err = kobject_init_and_add(&s->kobj, &slab_ktype, NULL, "%s", name);
 	if (err) {
 		kobject_put(&s->kobj);
 		return err;