diff --git a/src/slurmctld/agent.c b/src/slurmctld/agent.c
index 4499caaec8efb2c3a9b5ab9f5a9d73c93c864c19..cda9a896835ffa4cb514f87a8f0bd9b7dcddba97 100644
--- a/src/slurmctld/agent.c
+++ b/src/slurmctld/agent.c
@@ -751,7 +751,7 @@ static inline int _comm_err(char *node_name)
 #if AGENT_IS_THREAD
 	if ((rc = is_node_resp (node_name)))
 #endif
-		verbose("agent/send_recv_msg: %s: %m", node_name);
+		verbose("agent/is_node_resp: %s: %m", node_name);
 	return rc;
 }