diff --git a/include/linux/can/bittiming.h b/include/linux/can/bittiming.h
index d30816dd93c7..3926c78b2222 100644
--- a/include/linux/can/bittiming.h
+++ b/include/linux/can/bittiming.h
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ static inline int
 can_calc_bittiming(const struct net_device *dev, struct can_bittiming *bt,
 		   const struct can_bittiming_const *btc, struct netlink_ext_ack *extack)
 {
-	netdev_err(dev, "bit-timing calculation not available\n");
+	NL_SET_ERR_MSG(extack, "bit-timing calculation not available\n");
 	return -EINVAL;
 }