diff --git a/modules/mqnic/mqnic.h b/modules/mqnic/mqnic.h
index 3a298b4c4..3b97747e6 100644
--- a/modules/mqnic/mqnic.h
+++ b/modules/mqnic/mqnic.h
@@ -183,6 +183,8 @@ struct mqnic_dev {
 	u32 if_stride;
 	u32 if_csr_offset;
 
+	char build_date_str[32];
+
 	struct mqnic_if *interface[MQNIC_MAX_IF];
 
 	struct ptp_clock *ptp_clock;
diff --git a/modules/mqnic/mqnic_main.c b/modules/mqnic/mqnic_main.c
index e64d2cbfb..ab0969a88 100644
--- a/modules/mqnic/mqnic_main.c
+++ b/modules/mqnic/mqnic_main.c
@@ -288,12 +288,12 @@ static int mqnic_common_probe(struct mqnic_dev *mqnic)
 			(mqnic->board_ver >> 8) & 0xff,
 			mqnic->board_ver & 0xff);
 #if LINUX_VERSION_CODE >= KERNEL_VERSION(5, 0, 0)
-	dev_info(dev, "Build date: %ptRd %ptRt UTC (raw: 0x%08x)", &tm, &tm, mqnic->build_date);
+	snprintf(mqnic->build_date_str, sizeof(mqnic->build_date_str), "%ptRd %ptRt", &tm, &tm);
 #else
-	dev_info(dev, "Build date: %04d-%02d-%02d %02d:%02d:%02d UTC (raw: 0x%08x)",
-			tm.tm_year+1900, tm.tm_mon+1, tm.tm_mday,
-			tm.tm_hour, tm.tm_min, tm.tm_sec, mqnic->build_date);
+	snprintf(mqnic->build_date_str, sizeof(mqnic->build_date_str), "%04d-%02d-%02d %02d:%02d:%02d",
+			tm.tm_year+1900, tm.tm_mon+1, tm.tm_mday, tm.tm_hour, tm.tm_min, tm.tm_sec);
 #endif
+	dev_info(dev, "Build date: %s UTC (raw: 0x%08x)", mqnic->build_date_str, mqnic->build_date);
 	dev_info(dev, "Git hash: %08x", mqnic->git_hash);
 	dev_info(dev, "Release info: %08x", mqnic->rel_info);