diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/memfd/memfd_test.c b/tools/testing/selftests/memfd/memfd_test.c
index cb5001bfa5e3..0b9eafb7ab7b 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/memfd/memfd_test.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/memfd/memfd_test.c
@@ -203,7 +203,7 @@ static void mfd_fail_open(int fd, int flags, mode_t mode)
 	sprintf(buf, "/proc/self/fd/%d", fd);
 	r = open(buf, flags, mode);
 	if (r >= 0) {
-		printf("open(%s) didn't fail as expected\n");
+		printf("open(%s) didn't fail as expected\n", buf);
 		abort();
 	}
 }