diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_process.c b/src/qemu/qemu_process.c
index 631254daf2776b4823475c67f2711ecb205f948a..2967568f62c4b0c5fd6c46bcdcac0b2388493ccb 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_process.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_process.c
@@ -5860,7 +5860,7 @@ qemuProcessPrepareSEVGuestInput(virDomainObjPtr vm)
     if (!sev)
         return 0;
 
-    VIR_DEBUG("Prepare SEV guest");
+    VIR_DEBUG("Preparing SEV guest");
 
     if (!virQEMUCapsGet(qemuCaps, QEMU_CAPS_SEV_GUEST)) {
         virReportError(VIR_ERR_INTERNAL_ERROR,