diff --git a/hw/arm/sbsa-ref.c b/hw/arm/sbsa-ref.c
index 509c5f09b4..358714bd3e 100644
--- a/hw/arm/sbsa-ref.c
+++ b/hw/arm/sbsa-ref.c
@@ -670,7 +670,7 @@ static void sbsa_ref_init(MachineState *machine)
     int n, sbsa_max_cpus;
 
     if (!cpu_type_valid(machine->cpu_type)) {
-        error_report("mach-virt: CPU type %s not supported", machine->cpu_type);
+        error_report("sbsa-ref: CPU type %s not supported", machine->cpu_type);
         exit(1);
     }