1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/coreutils/printf.c b/coreutils/printf.c
index cd184952e..ebe961564 100644
--- a/coreutils/printf.c
+++ b/coreutils/printf.c
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ static void print_direc(char *format, unsigned fmt_length,
         saved = format[fmt_length];
         format[fmt_length] = '\0';
 
-        switch (p[fmt_length - 1]) {
+        switch (format[fmt_length - 1]) {
         case 'd':
         case 'i':
                 if (field_width < 0) {