diff --git a/softmmu/memory.c b/softmmu/memory.c
index db182e5d3d..e5826faa0c 100644
--- a/softmmu/memory.c
+++ b/softmmu/memory.c
@@ -1378,17 +1378,17 @@ bool memory_region_access_valid(MemoryRegion *mr,
 {
     if (mr->ops->valid.accepts
         && !mr->ops->valid.accepts(mr->opaque, addr, size, is_write, attrs)) {
-        qemu_log_mask(LOG_GUEST_ERROR, "Invalid access at addr "
-                                       "0x%" HWADDR_PRIX ", size %u, "
-                                       "region '%s', reason: rejected\n",
+        qemu_log_mask(LOG_GUEST_ERROR, "Invalid %s at addr 0x%" HWADDR_PRIX
+                      ", size %u, region '%s', reason: rejected\n",
+                      is_write ? "write" : "read",
                       addr, size, memory_region_name(mr));
         return false;
     }
 
     if (!mr->ops->valid.unaligned && (addr & (size - 1))) {
-        qemu_log_mask(LOG_GUEST_ERROR, "Invalid access at addr "
-                                       "0x%" HWADDR_PRIX ", size %u, "
-                                       "region '%s', reason: unaligned\n",
+        qemu_log_mask(LOG_GUEST_ERROR, "Invalid %s at addr 0x%" HWADDR_PRIX
+                      ", size %u, region '%s', reason: unaligned\n",
+                      is_write ? "write" : "read",
                       addr, size, memory_region_name(mr));
         return false;
     }
@@ -1400,10 +1400,10 @@ bool memory_region_access_valid(MemoryRegion *mr,
 
     if (size > mr->ops->valid.max_access_size
         || size < mr->ops->valid.min_access_size) {
-        qemu_log_mask(LOG_GUEST_ERROR, "Invalid access at addr "
-                                       "0x%" HWADDR_PRIX ", size %u, "
-                                       "region '%s', reason: invalid size "
-                                       "(min:%u max:%u)\n",
+        qemu_log_mask(LOG_GUEST_ERROR, "Invalid %s at addr 0x%" HWADDR_PRIX
+                      ", size %u, region '%s', reason: invalid size "
+                      "(min:%u max:%u)\n",
+                      is_write ? "write" : "read",
                       addr, size, memory_region_name(mr),
                       mr->ops->valid.min_access_size,
                       mr->ops->valid.max_access_size);