diff --git a/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog b/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog
index d1811dc63..5ab8a2a6a 100644
--- a/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog
+++ b/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2012-05-25  Corinna Vinschen  <corinna@vinschen.de>
+
+	* registry.cc (reg_key::build_reg): Fix typo in debug output.
+
 2012-05-25  Corinna Vinschen  <corinna@vinschen.de>
 
 	* select.cc (select_stuff::wait): When not returning after receiving
diff --git a/winsup/cygwin/registry.cc b/winsup/cygwin/registry.cc
index 3047e269c..9f791d2df 100644
--- a/winsup/cygwin/registry.cc
+++ b/winsup/cygwin/registry.cc
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ reg_key::build_reg (HKEY top, REGSAM access, va_list av)
       if (!NT_SUCCESS (status))
 	{
 	  key_is_invalid = status;
-	  debug_printf ("failed to create key %S in the registry", uname);
+	  debug_printf ("failed to create key %S in the registry", &uname);
 	  break;
 	}
     }