diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/set_memory_region_test.c b/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/set_memory_region_test.c
index be99c1ff5a5a..e0800bfb11eb 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/set_memory_region_test.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/set_memory_region_test.c
@@ -554,7 +554,7 @@ static void test_add_overlapping_private_memory_regions(void)
 					 MEM_REGION_GPA * 2 - MEM_REGION_SIZE,
 					 MEM_REGION_SIZE * 2,
 					 0, memfd, 0);
-	TEST_ASSERT(r == -1 && errno == EEXIST, "%s",
+	TEST_ASSERT(r == -1 && errno == EEXIST,
 		    "Overlapping guest_memfd() bindings should fail with EEXIST");
 
 	/* And now the back half of the other slot. */
@@ -562,7 +562,7 @@ static void test_add_overlapping_private_memory_regions(void)
 					 MEM_REGION_GPA * 2 + MEM_REGION_SIZE,
 					 MEM_REGION_SIZE * 2,
 					 0, memfd, 0);
-	TEST_ASSERT(r == -1 && errno == EEXIST, "%s",
+	TEST_ASSERT(r == -1 && errno == EEXIST,
 		    "Overlapping guest_memfd() bindings should fail with EEXIST");
 
 	close(memfd);