diff --git a/arch/mips/cavium-octeon/octeon-irq.c b/arch/mips/cavium-octeon/octeon-irq.c
index f97be32bf699..6bd1e97effdf 100644
--- a/arch/mips/cavium-octeon/octeon-irq.c
+++ b/arch/mips/cavium-octeon/octeon-irq.c
@@ -2193,7 +2193,7 @@ static int octeon_irq_cib_map(struct irq_domain *d,
 	struct octeon_irq_cib_chip_data *cd;
 
 	if (hw >= host_data->max_bits) {
-		pr_err("ERROR: %s mapping %u is to big!\n",
+		pr_err("ERROR: %s mapping %u is too big!\n",
 		       irq_domain_get_of_node(d)->name, (unsigned)hw);
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}