diff --git a/fs/ext4/mballoc.c b/fs/ext4/mballoc.c
index 08ddfdac955c..502f0fd71470 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/mballoc.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/mballoc.c
@@ -751,8 +751,8 @@ void ext4_mb_generate_buddy(struct super_block *sb,
 
 	if (free != grp->bb_free) {
 		ext4_grp_locked_error(sb, group, 0, 0,
-				      "%u clusters in bitmap, %u in gd; "
-				      "block bitmap corrupt.",
+				      "block bitmap and bg descriptor "
+				      "inconsistent: %u vs %u free clusters",
 				      free, grp->bb_free);
 		/*
 		 * If we intend to continue, we consider group descriptor