diff --git a/contrib/file/softmagic.c b/contrib/file/softmagic.c
index 88f5214500db..174115ee08bd 100644
--- a/contrib/file/softmagic.c
+++ b/contrib/file/softmagic.c
@@ -1582,7 +1582,7 @@ mget(struct magic_set *ms, const unsigned char *s,
 
 	case FILE_INDIRECT:
 	  	if ((ms->flags & (MAGIC_MIME|MAGIC_APPLE)) == 0 &&
-		    file_printf(ms, m->desc) == -1)
+		    file_printf(ms, "%s", m->desc) == -1)
 			return -1;
 		if (nbytes < offset)
 			return 0;