diff --git a/mm/zswap.c b/mm/zswap.c
index 3d2d59ac3f9c..af3f0fbb0558 100644
--- a/mm/zswap.c
+++ b/mm/zswap.c
@@ -749,8 +749,8 @@ static int zswap_cpu_comp_prepare(unsigned int cpu, struct hlist_node *node)
 
 	acomp = crypto_alloc_acomp_node(pool->tfm_name, 0, 0, cpu_to_node(cpu));
 	if (IS_ERR(acomp)) {
-		pr_err("could not alloc crypto acomp %s : %ld\n",
-				pool->tfm_name, PTR_ERR(acomp));
+		pr_err("could not alloc crypto acomp %s : %pe\n",
+				pool->tfm_name, acomp);
 		ret = PTR_ERR(acomp);
 		goto fail;
 	}