diff --git a/ext/tokenizer/tokenizer.c b/ext/tokenizer/tokenizer.c
index fdbdd5ddfb61..d3b63215cb95 100644
--- a/ext/tokenizer/tokenizer.c
+++ b/ext/tokenizer/tokenizer.c
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ PHP_METHOD(PhpToken, tokenize)
 
 	/* Check construction preconditions in advance, so these are not repeated for each token. */
 	if (token_class->ce_flags & ZEND_ACC_EXPLICIT_ABSTRACT_CLASS) {
-		zend_throw_error(NULL, "Cannot instantiate abstract class %s", ZSTR_VAL(token_class->name));
+		zend_throw_error(NULL, "Cannot instantiate abstract class %pS", token_class->name);
 		RETURN_THROWS();
 	}
 	if (zend_update_class_constants(token_class) == FAILURE) {