diff --git a/miscutils/eject.c b/miscutils/eject.c
index 2643f36d5..189f54510 100644
--- a/miscutils/eject.c
+++ b/miscutils/eject.c
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ extern int eject_main(int argc, char **argv)
 	}
 	if (ioctl(bb_xopen(device, (O_RDONLY | O_NONBLOCK)),
 				(flags ? CDROMCLOSETRAY : CDROMEJECT))) {
-		bb_perror_msg_and_die(device);
+		bb_perror_msg_and_die("%s", device);
 	}
 	return (EXIT_SUCCESS);
 }
diff --git a/util-linux/setarch.c b/util-linux/setarch.c
index 4a5853adc..33588e4ee 100644
--- a/util-linux/setarch.c
+++ b/util-linux/setarch.c
@@ -49,5 +49,5 @@ retry:
 	execvp(argv[0], argv);
 
 failure:
-	bb_perror_msg_and_die(argv[0]);
+	bb_perror_msg_and_die("%s", argv[0]);
 }