diff --git a/benchmarks/commons/benchmark_tools.c b/benchmarks/commons/benchmark_tools.c
index 140df68..fd7ab2a 100644
--- a/benchmarks/commons/benchmark_tools.c
+++ b/benchmarks/commons/benchmark_tools.c
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ static void print_string_n(const char* str, size_t n)
 {
     size_t i; /* for-loop index*/
     for (i = 0; i < n; ++i)
-        printf(str);
+        fputs(str, stdout);
 }
 
 /*! Safe wrapper around strlen() for NULL strings */