diff --git a/validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-report.c b/validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-report.c
index 98e4a5f6cf..c5d591ef7c 100644
--- a/validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-report.c
+++ b/validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-report.c
@@ -815,7 +815,7 @@ print_action_parameter (GString * string, GstValidateActionType * type,
         g_regex_replace (newline_regex, param->description,
         -1, 0, tmp, 0, NULL);
   } else {
-    desc = g_strdup_printf ("No description");
+    desc = g_strdup ("No description");
   }
 
   g_string_append_printf (string, "\n %-30s : %s", param_head, desc);