diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/b43/main.c b/drivers/net/wireless/b43/main.c
index 7965b70efbab..8e243798ae93 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/b43/main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/b43/main.c
@@ -1804,7 +1804,7 @@ static void b43_do_interrupt_thread(struct b43_wldev *dev)
 			       dma_reason[2], dma_reason[3],
 			       dma_reason[4], dma_reason[5]);
 			b43err(dev->wl, "This device does not support DMA "
-			       "on your system. Please use PIO instead.\n");
+			       "on your system. It will now be switched to PIO.\n");
 			/* Fall back to PIO transfers if we get fatal DMA errors! */
 			dev->use_pio = 1;
 			b43_controller_restart(dev, "DMA error");