diff --git a/drivers/tty/serial/imx.c b/drivers/tty/serial/imx.c
index c2cc104225ec..f8962a3d4421 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/serial/imx.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/serial/imx.c
@@ -2344,7 +2344,7 @@ static int imx_uart_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	/* For register access, we only need to enable the ipg clock. */
 	ret = clk_prepare_enable(sport->clk_ipg);
 	if (ret) {
-		dev_err(&pdev->dev, "failed to enable per clk: %d\n", ret);
+		dev_err(&pdev->dev, "failed to enable ipg clk: %d\n", ret);
 		return ret;
 	}