diff --git a/drivers/of/base.c b/drivers/of/base.c
index 8368d96ae7b4..f27d922eaece 100644
--- a/drivers/of/base.c
+++ b/drivers/of/base.c
@@ -227,7 +227,8 @@ static int __of_node_add(struct device_node *np)
 	np->kobj.kset = of_kset;
 	if (!np->parent) {
 		/* Nodes without parents are new top level trees */
-		rc = kobject_add(&np->kobj, NULL, safe_name(&of_kset->kobj, "base"));
+		rc = kobject_add(&np->kobj, NULL, "%s",
+				 safe_name(&of_kset->kobj, "base"));
 	} else {
 		name = safe_name(&np->parent->kobj, kbasename(np->full_name));
 		if (!name || !name[0])