diff --git a/extra/mariabackup/xtrabackup.cc b/extra/mariabackup/xtrabackup.cc
index 198d39cdeb66e..2dd3f3eb9294b 100644
--- a/extra/mariabackup/xtrabackup.cc
+++ b/extra/mariabackup/xtrabackup.cc
@@ -3531,7 +3531,7 @@ os_file_readdir_next_file(
 		if (err == ERROR_NO_MORE_FILES) {
 			status = 1;
 		} else {
-			msg("readdir_next_file in %s returned %lu", dir, err);
+			msg("FindNextFile in %s returned %lu", dirname, err);
 			status = -1;
 		}
 	}