diff --git a/audio/audio.c b/audio/audio.c
index a1097bb016..af0ae33fed 100644
--- a/audio/audio.c
+++ b/audio/audio.c
@@ -1744,7 +1744,7 @@ static AudioState *audio_init(Audiodev *dev, Error **errp)
         if (driver) {
             done = !audio_driver_init(s, driver, dev, errp);
         } else {
-            error_setg(errp, "Unknown audio driver `%s'\n", drvname);
+            error_setg(errp, "Unknown audio driver `%s'", drvname);
         }
         if (!done) {
             goto out;