diff --git a/output/outcoff.c b/output/outcoff.c
index 044600fd..b27cc94e 100644
--- a/output/outcoff.c
+++ b/output/outcoff.c
@@ -420,7 +420,7 @@ static void coff_deflabel(char *name, int32_t segment, int64_t offset,
 
     if (special)
         error(ERR_NONFATAL, "COFF format does not support any"
-              " special symbol types", ofmt->name);
+              " special symbol types");
 
     if (name[0] == '.' && name[1] == '.' && name[2] != '@') {
 	if (strcmp(name,WRT_IMAGEBASE))