diff --git a/kernel/watchdog.c b/kernel/watchdog.c
index cabe3e9fb620f6cf3ff557d1b6957bd358a2d474..06d3389bca0df01c8a730f7b270767f6ed35a8a9 100644
--- a/kernel/watchdog.c
+++ b/kernel/watchdog.c
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
  * to those contributors as well.
  */
 
-#define pr_fmt(fmt) "NMI watchdog: " fmt
+#define pr_fmt(fmt) "watchdog: " fmt
 
 #include <linux/mm.h>
 #include <linux/cpu.h>