diff --git a/drivers/char/xillybus/xillyusb.c b/drivers/char/xillybus/xillyusb.c
index 1210a4ef97fa..e7f88f35c702 100644
--- a/drivers/char/xillybus/xillyusb.c
+++ b/drivers/char/xillybus/xillyusb.c
@@ -999,7 +999,7 @@ resume_leftovers:
 			return -EIO; /* We got really unexpected data */
 
 		if (bytes != fifo_write(fifo, p, bytes, xilly_memcpy)) {
-			dev_err(dev, "Misbehaving FPGA overflew an upstream FIFO!\n");
+			dev_err(dev, "Misbehaving FPGA overflowed an upstream FIFO!\n");
 			return -EIO;
 		}