diff --git a/common/spl/spl_ext.c b/common/spl/spl_ext.c
index 89ac4f42976733bda979423ac716068dddbcf25a..a85dc85ffef76e97a96750337471573df404957f 100644
--- a/common/spl/spl_ext.c
+++ b/common/spl/spl_ext.c
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ int spl_load_image_ext(struct blk_desc *block_dev,
 
 	err = spl_parse_image_header(header);
 	if (err < 0) {
-		puts("spl: ext4fs_read failed\n");
+		puts("spl: ext: failed to parse image header\n");
 		goto end;
 	}