diff --git a/drivers/md/dm-writecache.c b/drivers/md/dm-writecache.c
index 2d50eec94cd7..2b8cee35e4d5 100644
--- a/drivers/md/dm-writecache.c
+++ b/drivers/md/dm-writecache.c
@@ -2061,7 +2061,7 @@ static int writecache_ctr(struct dm_target *ti, unsigned argc, char **argv)
 		if (IS_ERR(wc->flush_thread)) {
 			r = PTR_ERR(wc->flush_thread);
 			wc->flush_thread = NULL;
-			ti->error = "Couldn't spawn endio thread";
+			ti->error = "Couldn't spawn flush thread";
 			goto bad;
 		}
 		wake_up_process(wc->flush_thread);