diff --git a/src/core/ngx_open_file_cache.c b/src/core/ngx_open_file_cache.c
index f8bb2e38e..b23ee78d1 100644
--- a/src/core/ngx_open_file_cache.c
+++ b/src/core/ngx_open_file_cache.c
@@ -544,7 +544,7 @@ failed:
 
     if (ngx_close_file(fd) == NGX_FILE_ERROR) {
         ngx_log_error(NGX_LOG_ALERT, log, ngx_errno,
-                      ngx_close_file_n " \"%V\" failed", name);
+                      ngx_close_file_n " \"%s\" failed", name);
     }
 
     ngx_set_errno(err);
diff --git a/src/http/modules/ngx_http_random_index_module.c b/src/http/modules/ngx_http_random_index_module.c
index b0f0e0809..b47ee4f0d 100644
--- a/src/http/modules/ngx_http_random_index_module.c
+++ b/src/http/modules/ngx_http_random_index_module.c
@@ -230,7 +230,7 @@ ngx_http_random_index_handler(ngx_http_request_t *r)
 
     if (ngx_close_dir(&dir) == NGX_ERROR) {
         ngx_log_error(NGX_LOG_ALERT, r->connection->log, ngx_errno,
-                      ngx_close_dir_n " \"%s\" failed", &path);
+                      ngx_close_dir_n " \"%V\" failed", &path);
     }
 
     n = names.nelts;