diff --git a/tools/bpf/bpftool/map_perf_ring.c b/tools/bpf/bpftool/map_perf_ring.c
index 3f108ab17797..4c5531d1a450 100644
--- a/tools/bpf/bpftool/map_perf_ring.c
+++ b/tools/bpf/bpftool/map_perf_ring.c
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ int do_event_pipe(int argc, char **argv)
 			NEXT_ARG();
 			ctx.cpu = strtoul(*argv, &endptr, 0);
 			if (*endptr) {
-				p_err("can't parse %s as CPU ID", **argv);
+				p_err("can't parse %s as CPU ID", *argv);
 				goto err_close_map;
 			}
 
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ int do_event_pipe(int argc, char **argv)
 			NEXT_ARG();
 			ctx.idx = strtoul(*argv, &endptr, 0);
 			if (*endptr) {
-				p_err("can't parse %s as index", **argv);
+				p_err("can't parse %s as index", *argv);
 				goto err_close_map;
 			}