diff --git a/fs/cifs/connect.c b/fs/cifs/connect.c
index 6d88b82537c3d4cf899a5741c114bb50c61ad564..84c730701c099fc5fc7958c5a184d057ac2ad040 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/connect.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/connect.c
@@ -1976,7 +1976,7 @@ cifs_get_smb_ses(struct TCP_Server_Info *server, struct smb_vol *volume_info)
 		warned_on_ntlm = true;
 		cERROR(1, "default security mechanism requested.  The default "
 			"security mechanism will be upgraded from ntlm to "
-			"ntlmv2 in kernel release 2.6.41");
+			"ntlmv2 in kernel release 3.1");
 	}
 	ses->overrideSecFlg = volume_info->secFlg;