diff --git a/arch/sparc/kernel/time_64.c b/arch/sparc/kernel/time_64.c
index c310875c9281..67e165102885 100644
--- a/arch/sparc/kernel/time_64.c
+++ b/arch/sparc/kernel/time_64.c
@@ -827,7 +827,7 @@ void __init time_init(void)
 	sparc64_clockevent.min_delta_ns =
 		clockevent_delta2ns(0xF, &sparc64_clockevent);
 
-	printk("clockevent: mult[%ux] shift[%d]\n",
+	printk("clockevent: mult[%x] shift[%d]\n",
 	       sparc64_clockevent.mult, sparc64_clockevent.shift);
 
 	setup_sparc64_timer();