diff --git a/pimd/pim_iface.c b/pimd/pim_iface.c
index b4fbaec..b3df018 100644
--- a/pimd/pim_iface.c
+++ b/pimd/pim_iface.c
@@ -1020,7 +1020,7 @@
     pim_inet4_dump("<src?>", source_addr, source_str, sizeof(source_str));
     zlog_warn("%s: failure closing sock_fd=%d for IGMP group %s source %s on interface %s: errno=%d: %s",
 	      __PRETTY_FUNCTION__,
-	      ij->sock_fd, group_str, source_str, ifp->name, e, strerror(e));
+	      ij->sock_fd, group_str, source_str, ifp->name, e, safe_strerror(e));
     /* warning only */
   }
   listnode_delete(pim_ifp->igmp_join_list, ij);