diff --git a/drivers/rtc/rtc-jz4740.c b/drivers/rtc/rtc-jz4740.c
index 64989afffa3daada4b062321c527f18bca142bbb..c9536fb0ba4af260e723ddc95d39cb8f156d6f51 100644
--- a/drivers/rtc/rtc-jz4740.c
+++ b/drivers/rtc/rtc-jz4740.c
@@ -368,7 +368,7 @@ static int jz4740_rtc_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 		ret = jz4740_rtc_reg_write(rtc, JZ_REG_RTC_SCRATCHPAD, 0x12345678);
 		ret = jz4740_rtc_reg_write(rtc, JZ_REG_RTC_SEC, 0);
 		if (ret) {
-			dev_err(&pdev->dev, "Could not write write to RTC registers\n");
+			dev_err(&pdev->dev, "Could not write to RTC registers\n");
 			return ret;
 		}
 	}