diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/localalloc.c b/fs/ocfs2/localalloc.c
index 0440134556216d..096cff6f9ba8e5 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/localalloc.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/localalloc.c
@@ -666,7 +666,7 @@ int ocfs2_reserve_local_alloc_bits(struct ocfs2_super *osb,
 	if (le32_to_cpu(alloc->id1.bitmap1.i_used) !=
 	    ocfs2_local_alloc_count_bits(alloc)) {
 		ocfs2_error(osb->sb, "local alloc inode %llu says it has "
-			    "%u free bits, but a count shows %u",
+			    "%u used bits, but a count shows %u",
 			    (unsigned long long)le64_to_cpu(alloc->i_blkno),
 			    le32_to_cpu(alloc->id1.bitmap1.i_used),
 			    ocfs2_local_alloc_count_bits(alloc));