diff --git a/fs/f2fs/file.c b/fs/f2fs/file.c
index 13b430b54299..f03ae3d952cc 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/file.c
+++ b/fs/f2fs/file.c
@@ -3810,7 +3810,7 @@ static int f2fs_reserve_compress_blocks(struct file *filp, unsigned long arg)
 	} else if (reserved_blocks &&
 			atomic_read(&F2FS_I(inode)->i_compr_blocks)) {
 		set_sbi_flag(sbi, SBI_NEED_FSCK);
-		f2fs_warn(sbi, "%s: partial blocks were released i_ino=%lx "
+		f2fs_warn(sbi, "%s: partial blocks were reserved i_ino=%lx "
 			"iblocks=%llu, reserved=%u, compr_blocks=%u, "
 			"run fsck to fix.",
 			__func__, inode->i_ino, inode->i_blocks,