diff --git a/thunar/thunar-transfer-job.c b/thunar/thunar-transfer-job.c
index f77839f396f854f28aa3d8f9bc940f50739a3d2d..c38cf85c84140dee79c60790940d599060674506 100644
--- a/thunar/thunar-transfer-job.c
+++ b/thunar/thunar-transfer-job.c
@@ -534,7 +534,7 @@ thunar_transfer_job_copy_node (ThunarTransferJob  *job,
         }
 
       /* update progress information */
-      exo_job_info_message (EXO_JOB (job), g_file_info_get_display_name (info));
+      exo_job_info_message (EXO_JOB (job), "%s", g_file_info_get_display_name (info));
 
 retry_copy:
       /* copy the item specified by this node (not recursively) */