diff --git a/drivers/usb/core/message.c b/drivers/usb/core/message.c
index 0c8a7fc4dad8b43540249da5908819e6dfc92367..f7b7713cfb2ae3799311eabb67b1a0833f066aaa 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/core/message.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/core/message.c
@@ -770,9 +770,7 @@ static int usb_get_langid(struct usb_device *dev, unsigned char *tbuf)
 		dev->string_langid = 0x0409;
 		dev->have_langid = 1;
 		dev_err(&dev->dev,
-			"string descriptor 0 malformed (err = %d), "
-			"defaulting to 0x%04x\n",
-				err, dev->string_langid);
+			"language id specifier not provided by device, defaulting to English\n");
 		return 0;
 	}