diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/sync/synctest.h b/tools/testing/selftests/sync/synctest.h
index 4e0e59f6fcf3822ab308208363a351785e932949..e7d1d57dba7a375978b22d2a94b6296fb5a3b70e 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/sync/synctest.h
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/sync/synctest.h
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
 
 #define ASSERT(cond, msg) do { \
 	if (!(cond)) { \
-		printf("[BAD]\t%s", (msg)); \
+		printf("[ERROR]\t%s", (msg)); \
 		return 1; \
 	} \
 } while (0)