diff --git a/tools/bpf/bpftool/btf_dumper.c b/tools/bpf/bpftool/btf_dumper.c
index d66131f69689..397e5716ab6d 100644
--- a/tools/bpf/bpftool/btf_dumper.c
+++ b/tools/bpf/bpftool/btf_dumper.c
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ static void btf_dumper_ptr(const void *data, json_writer_t *jw,
 			   bool is_plain_text)
 {
 	if (is_plain_text)
-		jsonw_printf(jw, "%p", data);
+		jsonw_printf(jw, "%p", *(void **)data);
 	else
 		jsonw_printf(jw, "%lu", *(unsigned long *)data);
 }