diff --git a/packages/react-native/Libraries/ReactNative/renderApplication.js b/packages/react-native/Libraries/ReactNative/renderApplication.js
index 875e3fef4be0..04a272bfbf79 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/Libraries/ReactNative/renderApplication.js
+++ b/packages/react-native/Libraries/ReactNative/renderApplication.js
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ export default function renderApplication<Props extends Object>(
   displayMode?: ?DisplayModeType,
   useOffscreen?: boolean,
 ) {
-  invariant(rootTag, 'Expect to have a valid rootTag, instead got ', rootTag);
+  invariant(rootTag, 'Expect to have a valid rootTag, instead got %s', rootTag);
 
   const performanceLogger = scopedPerformanceLogger ?? GlobalPerformanceLogger;