diff --git a/drivers/i2c/i2c-mux.c b/drivers/i2c/i2c-mux.c
index 9669ca4937b891063d4cd63e552344d818f5eefa..300ab4b672e4992921b164a40d77d9e426fda305 100644
--- a/drivers/i2c/i2c-mux.c
+++ b/drivers/i2c/i2c-mux.c
@@ -418,7 +418,7 @@ int i2c_mux_add_adapter(struct i2c_mux_core *muxc,
 	snprintf(symlink_name, sizeof(symlink_name), "channel-%u", chan_id);
 	WARN(sysfs_create_link(&muxc->dev->kobj, &priv->adap.dev.kobj,
 			       symlink_name),
-	     "can't create symlink for channel %u\n", chan_id);
+	     "can't create symlink to channel %u\n", chan_id);
 	dev_info(&parent->dev, "Added multiplexed i2c bus %d\n",
 		 i2c_adapter_id(&priv->adap));