diff --git a/fs/ext4/namei.c b/fs/ext4/namei.c
index 5a0408d7b114..3e9e70663233 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/namei.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/namei.c
@@ -1425,9 +1425,8 @@ static struct dentry *ext4_lookup(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry, unsi
 			return ERR_PTR(-EIO);
 		}
 		if (unlikely(ino == dir->i_ino)) {
-			EXT4_ERROR_INODE(dir, "'%.*s' linked to parent dir",
-					 dentry->d_name.len,
-					 dentry->d_name.name);
+			EXT4_ERROR_INODE(dir, "'%pd' linked to parent dir",
+					 dentry);
 			return ERR_PTR(-EIO);
 		}
 		inode = ext4_iget(dir->i_sb, ino);