diff --git a/drivers/pci/controller/pci-host-common.c b/drivers/pci/controller/pci-host-common.c
index c473e7c03bac..d6258c1cffe5 100644
--- a/drivers/pci/controller/pci-host-common.c
+++ b/drivers/pci/controller/pci-host-common.c
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ struct pci_config_window *pci_host_common_ecam_create(struct device *dev,
 
 	err = of_address_to_resource(dev->of_node, 0, &cfgres);
 	if (err) {
-		dev_err(dev, "missing \"reg\" property\n");
+		dev_err(dev, "missing or malformed \"reg\" property\n");
 		return ERR_PTR(err);
 	}