diff --git a/drivers/staging/wilc1000/linux_wlan.c b/drivers/staging/wilc1000/linux_wlan.c
index 1a5de2e911cb193da2604bd524fbc9beb4390d50..e949f218885c484bb0bba8243f995d9e11e86d97 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/wilc1000/linux_wlan.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/wilc1000/linux_wlan.c
@@ -907,7 +907,7 @@ int wilc_mac_open(struct net_device *ndev)
 	wl = vif->wilc;
 
 	if (!wl || !wl->dev) {
-		netdev_err(ndev, "wilc1000: SPI device not ready\n");
+		netdev_err(ndev, "device not ready\n");
 		return -ENODEV;
 	}