diff --git a/contrib/fast-import/git-p4 b/contrib/fast-import/git-p4
index d47596f328..47ba7adafb 100755
--- a/contrib/fast-import/git-p4
+++ b/contrib/fast-import/git-p4
@@ -1160,7 +1160,7 @@ class P4Sync(Command):
             if [p for p in branchPrefixes if p4PathStartsWith(f['path'], p)]:
                 new_files.append (f)
             else:
-                sys.stderr.write("Ignoring file outside of prefix: %s\n" % path)
+                sys.stderr.write("Ignoring file outside of prefix: %s\n" % f['path'])
 
         self.gitStream.write("commit %s\n" % branch)
 #        gitStream.write("mark :%s\n" % details["change"])