diff --git a/drivers/platform/olpc/olpc-xo175-ec.c b/drivers/platform/olpc/olpc-xo175-ec.c
index fa7b3bda688a..bee271a4fda1 100644
--- a/drivers/platform/olpc/olpc-xo175-ec.c
+++ b/drivers/platform/olpc/olpc-xo175-ec.c
@@ -482,7 +482,7 @@ static int olpc_xo175_ec_cmd(u8 cmd, u8 *inbuf, size_t inlen, u8 *resp,
 	dev_dbg(dev, "CMD %x, %zd bytes expected\n", cmd, resp_len);
 
 	if (inlen > 5) {
-		dev_err(dev, "command len %zd too big!\n", resp_len);
+		dev_err(dev, "command len %zd too big!\n", inlen);
 		return -EOVERFLOW;
 	}