diff --git a/pimd/pim_ifchannel.c b/pimd/pim_ifchannel.c
index 5febd5c1ff..afd9aa4779 100644
--- a/pimd/pim_ifchannel.c
+++ b/pimd/pim_ifchannel.c
@@ -526,7 +526,7 @@ struct pim_ifchannel *pim_ifchannel_add(struct interface *ifp,
 	if (!ch) {
 		zlog_warn(
 			"%s: pim_ifchannel_new() failure for (S,G)=%s on interface %s",
-			__PRETTY_FUNCTION__, up->sg_str, ifp->name);
+			__PRETTY_FUNCTION__, pim_str_sg_dump(sg), ifp->name);
 		return NULL;
 	}