diff --git a/src/rpc/virnettlscontext.c b/src/rpc/virnettlscontext.c
index 8b8ba7fe84a7d3693c428fb2702dc5ee0cf53185..4fa6fbba6b6455fff395b6342dec11e48338cf3c 100644
--- a/src/rpc/virnettlscontext.c
+++ b/src/rpc/virnettlscontext.c
@@ -669,7 +669,7 @@ virNetTLSSessionPush(void *opaque, const void *buf, size_t len)
 {
     virNetTLSSessionPtr sess = opaque;
     if (!sess->writeFunc) {
-        VIR_WARN("TLS session push with missing read function");
+        VIR_WARN("TLS session push with missing write function");
         errno = EIO;
         return -1;
     };