diff --git a/fs/f2fs/checkpoint.c b/fs/f2fs/checkpoint.c
index 08b9a1f578e3..4a0b286790e0 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/checkpoint.c
+++ b/fs/f2fs/checkpoint.c
@@ -568,7 +568,7 @@ static int recover_orphan_inode(struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi, nid_t ino)
 	if (ni.blk_addr != NULL_ADDR) {
 		set_sbi_flag(sbi, SBI_NEED_FSCK);
 		f2fs_msg(sbi->sb, KERN_WARNING,
-			"%s: orphan failed (ino=%x), run fsck to fix.",
+			"%s: orphan failed (ino=%x) by kernel, retry mount.",
 				__func__, ino);
 		return -EIO;
 	}