diff --git a/drivers/pwm/pwm-stm32.c b/drivers/pwm/pwm-stm32.c
index 28e90ea1189e..ce877fdc0b1f 100644
--- a/drivers/pwm/pwm-stm32.c
+++ b/drivers/pwm/pwm-stm32.c
@@ -677,7 +677,8 @@ static int stm32_pwm_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	 * .apply() won't overflow.
 	 */
 	if (clk_get_rate(priv->clk) > 1000000000)
-		return dev_err_probe(dev, -EINVAL, "Failed to lock clock\n");
+		return dev_err_probe(dev, -EINVAL, "Clock freq too high (%lu)\n",
+				     clk_get_rate(priv->clk));
 
 
 	/* Initialize clock refcount to number of enabled PWM channels. */