diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/cli-runtime/pkg/genericclioptions/resource/builder.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/cli-runtime/pkg/genericclioptions/resource/builder.go
index 22680c517c..6a0d954f80 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/cli-runtime/pkg/genericclioptions/resource/builder.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/cli-runtime/pkg/genericclioptions/resource/builder.go
@@ -1056,7 +1056,7 @@ func (b *Builder) visitByPaths() *Result {
 	if b.labelSelector != nil {
 		selector, err := labels.Parse(*b.labelSelector)
 		if err != nil {
-			return result.withError(fmt.Errorf("the provided selector %q is not valid: %v", b.labelSelector, err))
+			return result.withError(fmt.Errorf("the provided selector %q is not valid: %v", *b.labelSelector, err))
 		}
 		visitors = NewFilteredVisitor(visitors, FilterByLabelSelector(selector))
 	}