diff --git a/block/partitions/core.c b/block/partitions/core.c
index e6ac73617f3e..cab0d76a828e 100644
--- a/block/partitions/core.c
+++ b/block/partitions/core.c
@@ -562,8 +562,8 @@ static bool blk_add_partition(struct gendisk *disk,
 	part = add_partition(disk, p, from, size, state->parts[p].flags,
 			     &state->parts[p].info);
 	if (IS_ERR(part) && PTR_ERR(part) != -ENXIO) {
-		printk(KERN_ERR " %s: p%d could not be added: %ld\n",
-		       disk->disk_name, p, -PTR_ERR(part));
+		printk(KERN_ERR " %s: p%d could not be added: %pe\n",
+		       disk->disk_name, p, part);
 		return true;
 	}