diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index d807d9917..b0e872f6e 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2005-08-12  Robert Love  <rml@novell.com>
+
+	* src/nm-netlink.monitor.c: don't translate "%s" (fix b.g.o #172391)
+
 2005-08-11  Robert Love  <rml@novell.com>
 
 	* gnome/applet/applet.c: mark string as translatable.
diff --git a/src/nm-netlink-monitor.c b/src/nm-netlink-monitor.c
index 606dccd80..d581e8488 100644
--- a/src/nm-netlink-monitor.c
+++ b/src/nm-netlink-monitor.c
@@ -532,7 +532,7 @@ receive_pending_bytes (GIOChannel  *channel,
 	{
 		g_set_error (error, NM_NETLINK_MONITOR_ERROR,
 			     NM_NETLINK_MONITOR_ERROR_READING_FROM_SOCKET,
-			     _("%s"), g_strerror (saved_errno));
+			     "%s", g_strerror (saved_errno));
 		succeeded = FALSE;
 		goto out;
 	}