diff --git a/drivers/ieee1394/ohci1394.c b/drivers/ieee1394/ohci1394.c
index 0df8970603f7..5dadfd296f79 100644
--- a/drivers/ieee1394/ohci1394.c
+++ b/drivers/ieee1394/ohci1394.c
@@ -613,7 +613,7 @@ static void ohci_initialize(struct ti_ohci *ohci)
 #endif
 
 		PRINT(KERN_DEBUG, "Serial EEPROM has suspicious values, "
-                      "attempting to setting max_packet_size to 512 bytes");
+                      "attempting to set max_packet_size to 512 bytes");
 		reg_write(ohci, OHCI1394_BusOptions,
 			  (reg_read(ohci, OHCI1394_BusOptions) & 0xf007) | 0x8002);
 		ohci->max_packet_size = 512;