diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c
index a600fd7795f1..54e732d74fb1 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c
@@ -959,7 +959,7 @@ static void vmcs_load(struct vmcs *vmcs)
 			: "=qm"(error) : "a"(&phys_addr), "m"(phys_addr)
 			: "cc", "memory");
 	if (error)
-		printk(KERN_ERR "kvm: vmptrld %p/%llx fail\n",
+		printk(KERN_ERR "kvm: vmptrld %p/%llx failed\n",
 		       vmcs, phys_addr);
 }