diff --git a/block/bdev.c b/block/bdev.c
index 5fe06c1f2def..ce05175e71ce 100644
--- a/block/bdev.c
+++ b/block/bdev.c
@@ -54,12 +54,10 @@ static void bdev_write_inode(struct block_device *bdev)
 	while (inode->i_state & I_DIRTY) {
 		spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock);
 		ret = write_inode_now(inode, true);
-		if (ret) {
-			char name[BDEVNAME_SIZE];
-			pr_warn_ratelimited("VFS: Dirty inode writeback failed "
-					    "for block device %s (err=%d).\n",
-					    bdevname(bdev, name), ret);
-		}
+		if (ret)
+			pr_warn_ratelimited(
+	"VFS: Dirty inode writeback failed for block device %pg (err=%d).\n",
+				bdev, ret);
 		spin_lock(&inode->i_lock);
 	}
 	spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock);