diff --git a/drivers/md/dm-verity-target.c b/drivers/md/dm-verity-target.c
index 0aba34a7b3b3..7335d8a3fc47 100644
--- a/drivers/md/dm-verity-target.c
+++ b/drivers/md/dm-verity-target.c
@@ -868,7 +868,7 @@ static int verity_ctr(struct dm_target *ti, unsigned argc, char **argv)
 
 	r = dm_get_device(ti, argv[2], FMODE_READ, &v->hash_dev);
 	if (r) {
-		ti->error = "Data device lookup failed";
+		ti->error = "Hash device lookup failed";
 		goto bad;
 	}