diff --git a/net/sched/act_api.c b/net/sched/act_api.c
index 1f65d6ada9ff04d19c589d2b238c0f143d2b30c8..a54fa7b8c2170c3d23bbb7eadf2c3eb311978846 100644
--- a/net/sched/act_api.c
+++ b/net/sched/act_api.c
@@ -1083,7 +1083,7 @@ tcf_add_notify(struct net *net, struct nlmsghdr *n, struct list_head *actions,
 
 	if (tca_get_fill(skb, actions, portid, n->nlmsg_seq, n->nlmsg_flags,
 			 RTM_NEWACTION, 0, 0) <= 0) {
-		NL_SET_ERR_MSG(extack, "Failed to fill netlink attributes while deleting TC action");
+		NL_SET_ERR_MSG(extack, "Failed to fill netlink attributes while adding TC action");
 		kfree_skb(skb);
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}