diff --git a/modules/database/src/std/rec/printfRecord.c b/modules/database/src/std/rec/printfRecord.c
index 96bf63d2f..cf5e4d0c9 100644
--- a/modules/database/src/std/rec/printfRecord.c
+++ b/modules/database/src/std/rec/printfRecord.c
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ static void doPrintf(printfRecord *prec)
                 precision = 0;
 
             if (ch == '%') {
-                added = epicsSnprintf(pval, vspace + 1, "%s", format);
+                added = epicsSnprintf(pval, vspace + 1, format);
             }
             else if (linkn++ >= PRINTF_NLINKS) {
                 /* No more LNKn fields */