diff --git a/drivers/remoteproc/omap_remoteproc.c b/drivers/remoteproc/omap_remoteproc.c
index ddc1a12d75e0e..01e234cb9157d 100644
--- a/drivers/remoteproc/omap_remoteproc.c
+++ b/drivers/remoteproc/omap_remoteproc.c
@@ -96,7 +96,8 @@ static void omap_rproc_kick(struct rproc *rproc, int vqid)
 	/* send the index of the triggered virtqueue in the mailbox payload */
 	ret = mbox_send_message(oproc->mbox, (void *)vqid);
 	if (ret < 0)
-		dev_err(dev, "omap_mbox_msg_send failed: %d\n", ret);
+		dev_err(dev, "failed to send mailbox message, status = %d\n",
+			ret);
 }
 
 /*