diff --git a/mysql-test/lib/My/SafeProcess.pm b/mysql-test/lib/My/SafeProcess.pm
index 87054019759..4f7464daf44 100644
--- a/mysql-test/lib/My/SafeProcess.pm
+++ b/mysql-test/lib/My/SafeProcess.pm
@@ -628,7 +628,7 @@ sub self2str {
 
 sub _verbose {
   return unless $_verbose;
-  print STDERR " ## ". @_. "\n";
+  print STDERR " ## @_\n";
 }