diff --git a/net/rose/af_rose.c b/net/rose/af_rose.c
index 46b8ff24020d..1e8eeb044b07 100644
--- a/net/rose/af_rose.c
+++ b/net/rose/af_rose.c
@@ -1475,7 +1475,7 @@ static int __init rose_proto_init(void)
 	int rc;
 
 	if (rose_ndevs > 0x7FFFFFFF/sizeof(struct net_device *)) {
-		printk(KERN_ERR "ROSE: rose_proto_init - rose_ndevs parameter to large\n");
+		printk(KERN_ERR "ROSE: rose_proto_init - rose_ndevs parameter too large\n");
 		rc = -EINVAL;
 		goto out;
 	}