diff --git a/src/journal/journald-console.c b/src/journal/journald-console.c
index 5126c2160e..5fbcdb43c2 100644
--- a/src/journal/journald-console.c
+++ b/src/journal/journald-console.c
@@ -72,9 +72,9 @@ void server_forward_console(
         /* First: timestamp */
         if (prefix_timestamp()) {
                 assert_se(clock_gettime(CLOCK_MONOTONIC, &ts) == 0);
-                xsprintf(tbuf, "[%5"PRI_TIME".%06ld] ",
+                xsprintf(tbuf, "[%5"PRI_TIME".%06"PRI_NSEC"] ",
                          ts.tv_sec,
-                         ts.tv_nsec / 1000);
+                         (nsec_t)ts.tv_nsec / 1000);
                 IOVEC_SET_STRING(iovec[n++], tbuf);
         }