1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/qga/channel-win32.c b/qga/channel-win32.c
index c86f4388db..99648c95b6 100644
--- a/qga/channel-win32.c
+++ b/qga/channel-win32.c
@@ -308,7 +308,8 @@ static gboolean ga_channel_open(GAChannel *c, GAChannelMethod method,
     }
 
     if (method == GA_CHANNEL_ISA_SERIAL && !SetCommTimeouts(c->handle,&comTimeOut)) {
-        g_critical("error setting timeout for com port: %lu",GetLastError());
+        g_autofree gchar *emsg = g_win32_error_message(GetLastError());
+        g_critical("error setting timeout for com port: %s", emsg);
         CloseHandle(c->handle);
         return false;
     }