diff --git a/sbin/devd/devd.conf b/sbin/devd/devd.conf
index a50400e86c3..dba7d41402d 100644
--- a/sbin/devd/devd.conf
+++ b/sbin/devd/devd.conf
@@ -229,7 +229,7 @@ notify 10 {
 	match "system"		"ACPI";
 	match "subsystem"	"Thermal";
 	match "notify"		"0xcc";
-	action "logger -p kern.emerg 'WARNING: system temperature too high, shutting down soon!'";
+	action "logger -p kern.emerg WARNING: system temperature too high, shutting down soon!";
 };
 
 # User requested suspend, so perform preparation steps and then execute