diff --git a/tools/tracing/latency/latency-collector.c b/tools/tracing/latency/latency-collector.c
index 59a7f2346eab..f7ed8084e16a 100644
--- a/tools/tracing/latency/latency-collector.c
+++ b/tools/tracing/latency/latency-collector.c
@@ -935,12 +935,12 @@ static void show_available(void)
 	}
 
 	if (!tracers) {
-		warnx(no_tracer_msg);
+		warnx("%s", no_tracer_msg);
 		return;
 	}
 
 	if (!found) {
-		warnx(no_latency_tr_msg);
+		warnx("%s", no_latency_tr_msg);
 		tracefs_list_free(tracers);
 		return;
 	}
@@ -983,7 +983,7 @@ static const char *find_default_tracer(void)
 	for (i = 0; relevant_tracers[i]; i++) {
 		valid = tracer_valid(relevant_tracers[i], &notracer);
 		if (notracer)
-			errx(EXIT_FAILURE, no_tracer_msg);
+			errx(EXIT_FAILURE, "%s", no_tracer_msg);
 		if (valid)
 			return relevant_tracers[i];
 	}
@@ -1878,7 +1878,7 @@ static void scan_arguments(int argc, char *argv[])
 			}
 			valid = tracer_valid(current_tracer, &notracer);
 			if (notracer)
-				errx(EXIT_FAILURE, no_tracer_msg);
+				errx(EXIT_FAILURE, "%s", no_tracer_msg);
 			if (!valid)
 				errx(EXIT_FAILURE,
 "The tracer %s is not supported by your kernel!\n", current_tracer);