diff --git a/drivers/hwmon/dell-smm-hwmon.c b/drivers/hwmon/dell-smm-hwmon.c
index 1572b54160158..7ac778aedc68d 100644
--- a/drivers/hwmon/dell-smm-hwmon.c
+++ b/drivers/hwmon/dell-smm-hwmon.c
@@ -1447,9 +1447,10 @@ static int __init i8k_init(void)
 	 */
 	if (i8k_get_dell_signature(I8K_SMM_GET_DELL_SIG1) &&
 	    i8k_get_dell_signature(I8K_SMM_GET_DELL_SIG2)) {
-		pr_err("unable to get SMM Dell signature\n");
 		if (!force)
 			return -ENODEV;
+
+		pr_err("Unable to get Dell SMM signature\n");
 	}
 
 	dell_smm_device = platform_create_bundle(&dell_smm_driver, dell_smm_probe, NULL, 0, NULL,