diff --git a/local-pull.c b/local-pull.c
index acfcbb69f5..3a342ab183 100644
--- a/local-pull.c
+++ b/local-pull.c
@@ -71,8 +71,7 @@ int fetch(unsigned char *sha1)
 		munmap(map, st.st_size);
 		close(ofd);
 		if (status)
-			fprintf(stderr, "cannot write %s (%ld bytes)\n",
-				dest_filename, st.st_size);
+			fprintf(stderr, "cannot write %s\n", dest_filename);
 		else
 			pull_say("copy %s\n", hex);
 		return status;