diff --git a/drivers/net/can/rcar/rcar_canfd.c b/drivers/net/can/rcar/rcar_canfd.c
index 474840b58e8f1..c2c1c47bcc7a1 100644
--- a/drivers/net/can/rcar/rcar_canfd.c
+++ b/drivers/net/can/rcar/rcar_canfd.c
@@ -2049,8 +2049,9 @@ static int rcar_canfd_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	}
 
 	platform_set_drvdata(pdev, gpriv);
-	dev_info(dev, "global operational state (clk %d, fdmode %d)\n",
-		 gpriv->extclk, gpriv->fdmode);
+	dev_info(dev, "global operational state (%s clk, %s mode)\n",
+		 gpriv->extclk ? "ext" : "canfd",
+		 gpriv->fdmode ? "fd" : "classical");
 	return 0;
 
 fail_channel: