1 files changed, 4 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/coreutils/ln.c b/coreutils/ln.c
index 274e0d06c..6751e9093 100644
--- a/coreutils/ln.c
+++ b/coreutils/ln.c
@@ -74,17 +74,17 @@ extern int ln_main(int argc, char **argv)
                         src_name = src;
                 }
                 if (!(flag & LN_SYMLINK) && stat(*argv, &statbuf)) {
-                        bb_perror_msg(*argv);
+                        bb_perror_msg("%s", *argv);
                         status = EXIT_FAILURE;
                         free(src_name);
                         continue;
                 }
 
                 if (flag & LN_BACKUP) {
-                                char *backup = NULL;
-                                bb_xasprintf(&backup, "%s%s", src, suffix);
+                                char *backup;
+                                backup = bb_xasprintf("%s%s", src, suffix);
                                 if (rename(src, backup) < 0 && errno != ENOENT) {
-                                                bb_perror_msg(src);
+                                                bb_perror_msg("%s", src);
                                                 status = EXIT_FAILURE;
                                                 free(backup);
                                                 continue;