diff --git a/builtin/upload-archive.c b/builtin/upload-archive.c
index dbfe14f3fe..2caedf1849 100644
--- a/builtin/upload-archive.c
+++ b/builtin/upload-archive.c
@@ -104,8 +104,7 @@ int cmd_upload_archive(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 		pfd[1].events = POLLIN;
 		if (poll(pfd, 2, -1) < 0) {
 			if (errno != EINTR) {
-				error("poll failed resuming: %s",
-				      strerror(errno));
+				error_errno("poll failed resuming");
 				sleep(1);
 			}
 			continue;