diff --git a/ompi/mca/mtl/ofi/mtl_ofi_component.c b/ompi/mca/mtl/ofi/mtl_ofi_component.c
index e05a6127fa..3825e286bc 100644
--- a/ompi/mca/mtl/ofi/mtl_ofi_component.c
+++ b/ompi/mca/mtl/ofi/mtl_ofi_component.c
@@ -368,7 +368,7 @@ ompi_mtl_ofi_component_init(bool enable_progress_threads,
         opal_show_help("help-mtl-ofi.txt", "OFI call fail", true,
                        "fi_getinfo",
                        ompi_process_info.nodename, __FILE__, __LINE__,
-                       fi_strerror(-ret), ret);
+                       fi_strerror(-ret), -ret);
         goto error;
     }
 
@@ -397,7 +397,7 @@ ompi_mtl_ofi_component_init(bool enable_progress_threads,
         opal_show_help("help-mtl-ofi.txt", "OFI call fail", true,
                        "fi_fabric",
                        ompi_process_info.nodename, __FILE__, __LINE__,
-                       fi_strerror(-ret), ret);
+                       fi_strerror(-ret), -ret);
         goto error;
     }
 
@@ -414,7 +414,7 @@ ompi_mtl_ofi_component_init(bool enable_progress_threads,
         opal_show_help("help-mtl-ofi.txt", "OFI call fail", true,
                        "fi_domain",
                        ompi_process_info.nodename, __FILE__, __LINE__,
-                       fi_strerror(-ret), ret);
+                       fi_strerror(-ret), -ret);
         goto error;
     }
 
@@ -433,7 +433,7 @@ ompi_mtl_ofi_component_init(bool enable_progress_threads,
         opal_show_help("help-mtl-ofi.txt", "OFI call fail", true,
                        "fi_endpoint",
                        ompi_process_info.nodename, __FILE__, __LINE__,
-                       fi_strerror(-ret), ret);
+                       fi_strerror(-ret), -ret);
         goto error;
     }
 
@@ -617,7 +617,7 @@ finalize_err:
     opal_show_help("help-mtl-ofi.txt", "OFI call fail", true,
                    "fi_close",
                    ompi_process_info.nodename, __FILE__, __LINE__,
-                   fi_strerror(-ret), ret);
+                   fi_strerror(-ret), -ret);
 
     return OMPI_ERROR;
 }