diff --git a/zebra/kernel_netlink.c b/zebra/kernel_netlink.c
index aa31883dea..1671af15bf 100644
--- a/zebra/kernel_netlink.c
+++ b/zebra/kernel_netlink.c
@@ -591,7 +591,7 @@ bool nl_addraw_l(struct nlmsghdr *n, unsigned int maxlen, const void *data,
 		 unsigned int len)
 {
 	if (NLMSG_ALIGN(n->nlmsg_len) + NLMSG_ALIGN(len) > maxlen) {
-		zlog_err("ERROR message exceeded bound of %d\n", maxlen);
+		zlog_err("ERROR message exceeded bound of %d", maxlen);
 		return false;
 	}