diff --git a/src/plugins/netstatus/netstatus-iface.c b/src/plugins/netstatus/netstatus-iface.c
index b0009c7..a57f4c8 100644
--- a/src/plugins/netstatus/netstatus-iface.c
+++ b/src/plugins/netstatus/netstatus-iface.c
@@ -408,7 +408,7 @@ netstatus_iface_set_polling_error (NetstatusIface *iface,
   va_start (args, format);
 
   error_message = g_strdup_vprintf (format, args);
-  error = g_error_new (NETSTATUS_ERROR, code, error_message);
+  error = g_error_new (NETSTATUS_ERROR, code, "%s", error_message);
 
   dprintf (POLLING, "ERROR: %s\n", error->message);
   netstatus_iface_set_error (iface, error);