diff --git a/gtk/gtktextbufferserialize.c b/gtk/gtktextbufferserialize.c
index 27fe43ab59..79aa576958 100644
--- a/gtk/gtktextbufferserialize.c
+++ b/gtk/gtktextbufferserialize.c
@@ -703,6 +703,14 @@ typedef struct
   gboolean parsed_tags;
 } ParseInfo;
 
+static void
+set_error (GError              **err,
+           GMarkupParseContext  *context,
+           int                   error_domain,
+           int                   error_code,
+           const char           *format,
+           ...) G_GNUC_PRINTF(5, 6);
+
 static void
 set_error (GError              **err,
            GMarkupParseContext  *context,
@@ -833,7 +841,8 @@ check_id_or_name (GMarkupParseContext  *context,
 	    {
 	      set_error (error, context,
 			 G_MARKUP_ERROR, G_MARKUP_ERROR_PARSE,
-			 _("<%s> element has invalid ID \"%s\""), attribute_values[i]);
+			 _("<%s> element has invalid ID \"%s\""),
+			 element_name, attribute_values[i]);
 	      return FALSE;
 	    }
 	}