diff --git a/wpa_supplicant/events.c b/wpa_supplicant/events.c
index 500c28506..11cab658b 100644
--- a/wpa_supplicant/events.c
+++ b/wpa_supplicant/events.c
@@ -3618,7 +3618,6 @@ void wpa_supplicant_event(void *ctx, enum wpa_event_type event,
 			  union wpa_event_data *data)
 {
 	struct wpa_supplicant *wpa_s = ctx;
-	char buf[100];
 	int resched;
 
 	if (wpa_s->wpa_state == WPA_INTERFACE_DISABLED &&
@@ -3787,24 +3786,23 @@ void wpa_supplicant_event(void *ctx, enum wpa_event_type event,
 		break;
 #endif /* CONFIG_IBSS_RSN */
 	case EVENT_ASSOC_REJECT:
-		if (data->assoc_reject.timeout_reason)
-			os_snprintf(buf, sizeof(buf), "=%s",
-				    data->assoc_reject.timeout_reason);
-		else
-			buf[0] = '\0';
 		if (data->assoc_reject.bssid)
 			wpa_msg(wpa_s, MSG_INFO, WPA_EVENT_ASSOC_REJECT
-				"bssid=" MACSTR	" status_code=%u%s%s",
+				"bssid=" MACSTR	" status_code=%u%s%s%s",
 				MAC2STR(data->assoc_reject.bssid),
 				data->assoc_reject.status_code,
 				data->assoc_reject.timed_out ? " timeout" : "",
-				buf);
+				data->assoc_reject.timeout_reason ? "=" : "",
+				data->assoc_reject.timeout_reason ?
+				data->assoc_reject.timeout_reason : "");
 		else
 			wpa_msg(wpa_s, MSG_INFO, WPA_EVENT_ASSOC_REJECT
-				"status_code=%u%s%s",
+				"status_code=%u%s%s%s",
 				data->assoc_reject.status_code,
 				data->assoc_reject.timed_out ? " timeout" : "",
-				buf);
+				data->assoc_reject.timeout_reason ? "=" : "",
+				data->assoc_reject.timeout_reason ?
+				data->assoc_reject.timeout_reason : "");
 		wpa_s->assoc_status_code = data->assoc_reject.status_code;
 		wpas_notify_assoc_status_code(wpa_s);
 		if (wpa_s->drv_flags & WPA_DRIVER_FLAGS_SME)