1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/coreutils/wc.c b/coreutils/wc.c
index e86b7d4d2..c8a4865b1 100644
--- a/coreutils/wc.c
+++ b/coreutils/wc.c
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ int wc_main(int argc, char **argv)
                                 }
                         } else if (c == EOF) {
                                 if (ferror(fp)) {
-                                        bb_perror_msg("%s", arg);
+                                        bb_simple_perror_msg(arg);
                                         status = EXIT_FAILURE;
                                 }
                                 --counts[WC_CHARS];