diff --git a/sys/netlink/netlink_message_parser.c b/sys/netlink/netlink_message_parser.c
index 9ff5cdee40b..bf0140c9812 100644
--- a/sys/netlink/netlink_message_parser.c
+++ b/sys/netlink/netlink_message_parser.c
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ nl_parse_attrs_raw(struct nlattr *nla_head, int len, const struct nlattr_parser
 			if (error != 0) {
 				uint32_t off = (char *)nla - (char *)npt->hdr;
 				nlmsg_report_err_offset(npt, off);
-				NL_LOG(LOG_DEBUG3, "parse failed att offset %u", off);
+				NL_LOG(LOG_DEBUG3, "parse failed at offset %u", off);
 				return (error);
 			}
 		} else {