diff --git a/docs/changelog.rst b/docs/changelog.rst
index fc67fe43d..45ab3f723 100644
--- a/docs/changelog.rst
+++ b/docs/changelog.rst
@@ -26,6 +26,9 @@ To update |kitty|, :doc:`follow the instructions <binary>`.
 - Add an option, :opt:`detect_urls` to control whether kitty will detect URLs
   when the mouse moves over them (:pull:`3118`)
 
+- Graphics protocol: Dont return filename in the error message when opening file
+  fails, since filenames can contain control characters (:iss:`3128`)
+
 
 0.19.2 [2020-11-13]
 -------------------
diff --git a/kitty/graphics.c b/kitty/graphics.c
index 4671531cb..07e55c080 100644
--- a/kitty/graphics.c
+++ b/kitty/graphics.c
@@ -402,7 +402,7 @@ handle_add_command(GraphicsManager *self, const GraphicsCommand *g, const uint8_
             snprintf(fname, sizeof(fname)/sizeof(fname[0]), "%.*s", (int)g->payload_sz, payload);
             if (tt == 's') fd = shm_open(fname, O_RDONLY, 0);
             else fd = open(fname, O_CLOEXEC | O_RDONLY);
-            if (fd == -1) ABRT(EBADF, "Failed to open file %s for graphics transmission with error: [%d] %s", fname, errno, strerror(errno));
+            if (fd == -1) ABRT(EBADF, "Failed to open file for graphics transmission with error: [%d] %s", errno, strerror(errno));
             img->data_loaded = mmap_img_file(self, img, fd, g->data_sz, g->data_offset);
             safe_close(fd, __FILE__, __LINE__);
             if (tt == 't') {