diff --git a/drivers/hid/i2c-hid/i2c-hid-core.c b/drivers/hid/i2c-hid/i2c-hid-core.c
index 4e87380d3edd..bcca89ef7360 100644
--- a/drivers/hid/i2c-hid/i2c-hid-core.c
+++ b/drivers/hid/i2c-hid/i2c-hid-core.c
@@ -284,7 +284,7 @@ static int i2c_hid_get_report(struct i2c_hid *ihid,
 			     ihid->rawbuf, recv_len + sizeof(__le16));
 	if (error) {
 		dev_err(&ihid->client->dev,
-			"failed to set a report to device: %d\n", error);
+			"failed to get a report from device: %d\n", error);
 		return error;
 	}