diff --git a/fs/bcachefs/super.c b/fs/bcachefs/super.c
index 73173f63f486..2ca89b315ceb 100644
--- a/fs/bcachefs/super.c
+++ b/fs/bcachefs/super.c
@@ -1128,7 +1128,7 @@ static int bch2_dev_in_fs(struct bch_sb_handle *fs,
 		prt_newline(&buf);
 
 		prt_bdevname(&buf, fs->bdev);
-		prt_str(&buf, "believes seq of ");
+		prt_str(&buf, " believes seq of ");
 		prt_bdevname(&buf, sb->bdev);
 		prt_printf(&buf, " to be %llu, but ", seq_from_fs);
 		prt_bdevname(&buf, sb->bdev);