diff --git a/common/env_mmc.c b/common/env_mmc.c
index 6c4ce2f05d83aff57e72c20ab86e198f7ce4b871..51e7707cb0f7b0bcc7ca9f377e4f42ca97255a9e 100644
--- a/common/env_mmc.c
+++ b/common/env_mmc.c
@@ -93,13 +93,13 @@ static inline int mmc_set_env_part(struct mmc *mmc) {return 0; };
 static const char *init_mmc_for_env(struct mmc *mmc)
 {
 	if (!mmc)
-		return "No MMC card found";
+		return "!No MMC card found";
 
 	if (mmc_init(mmc))
-		return "MMC init failed";
+		return "!MMC init failed";
 
 	if (mmc_set_env_part(mmc))
-		return "MMC partition switch failed";
+		return "!MMC partition switch failed";
 
 	return NULL;
 }