diff --git a/sys/dev/mlx/mlx.c b/sys/dev/mlx/mlx.c
index fbad8136f64..8760ccd5152 100644
--- a/sys/dev/mlx/mlx.c
+++ b/sys/dev/mlx/mlx.c
@@ -2434,7 +2434,7 @@ mlx_describe_controller(struct mlx_softc *sc)
 		  sc->mlx_enq2->me_firmware_id & 0xff,
 		  (sc->mlx_enq2->me_firmware_id >> 8) & 0xff,
 		  (sc->mlx_enq2->me_firmware_id >> 24) & 0xff,
-		  (sc->mlx_enq2->me_firmware_id >> 16),
+		  (sc->mlx_enq2->me_firmware_id >> 16) & 0xff,
 		  sc->mlx_enq2->me_mem_size / (1024 * 1024));
 
     if (bootverbose) {