lib/vsprintf.c |    8 +++++++-
 1 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)

diff --git a/lib/vsprintf.c b/lib/vsprintf.c
index bc0ac6b333dc..dabc310684bf 100644
--- a/lib/vsprintf.c
+++ b/lib/vsprintf.c
@@ -400,8 +400,14 @@ char *string(char *buf, char *end, const char *s, struct printf_spec spec)
 {
 	int len, i;
 
-	if ((unsigned long)s < PAGE_SIZE)
+	if ((unsigned long)s < PAGE_SIZE) {
+		if (s) {
+			spec.base = 16;
+			spec.flags |= SPECIAL;
+			return number(buf, end, (unsigned long)s, spec);
+		}
 		s = "(null)";
+	}
 
 	len = strnlen(s, spec.precision);