diff --git a/tools/testing/kunit/run_checks.py b/tools/testing/kunit/run_checks.py
index 4f32133ed77c..13d854afca9d 100755
--- a/tools/testing/kunit/run_checks.py
+++ b/tools/testing/kunit/run_checks.py
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ def main(argv: Sequence[str]) -> None:
 		elif isinstance(ex, subprocess.CalledProcessError):
 			print(f'{name}: FAILED')
 		else:
-			print('{name}: unexpected exception: {ex}')
+			print(f'{name}: unexpected exception: {ex}')
 			continue
 
 		output = ex.output