diff --git a/src/common/read_config.c b/src/common/read_config.c
index 19be69fc99d5ce8ad3bd36066428faef674dd4de..0bd060a0c102e8792439ff873eab35f893acfab6 100644
--- a/src/common/read_config.c
+++ b/src/common/read_config.c
@@ -647,7 +647,7 @@ validate_config (slurm_ctl_conf_t *ctl_conf_ptr)
 	}
 
 	if (ctl_conf_ptr->control_machine == NULL)
-		fatal ("read_slurm_conf: ControlMachine not specified.");
+		fatal ("validate_config: ControlMachine not specified.");
 	else if (strcmp("localhost", ctl_conf_ptr->control_machine) == 0) {
 		xfree (ctl_conf_ptr->control_machine);
 		ctl_conf_ptr->control_machine = xmalloc (MAX_NAME_LEN);