diff --git a/cmd/geth/dbcmd.go b/cmd/geth/dbcmd.go
index 908f52e36a..1054d0b52c 100644
--- a/cmd/geth/dbcmd.go
+++ b/cmd/geth/dbcmd.go
@@ -847,7 +847,7 @@ func inspectStorage(db *triedb.Database, start uint64, end uint64, address commo
 					fmt.Printf("Failed to decode storage slot, %v", err)
 					return err
 				}
-				content = fmt.Sprintf("#%x", data)
+				content = fmt.Sprintf("%x", data)
 			}
 		}
 		fmt.Printf("#%d - #%d: %s\n", from, stats.Blocks[i], content)