if (new_active) {
                        rv = bond_set_dev_addr(bond->dev, new_active->dev);
                        if (rv)
-                               netdev_err(bond->dev, "Error %d setting MAC of slave %s\n",
-                                          -rv, bond->dev->name);
+                               netdev_err(bond->dev, "Error %d setting bond MAC from slave %s\n",
+                                          -rv, new_active->dev->name);
                }
                break;
        case BOND_FOM_FOLLOW:
                rv = dev_set_mac_address(new_active->dev,
                                         (struct sockaddr *)&ss, NULL);
                if (rv) {
-                       netdev_err(bond->dev, "Error %d setting MAC of slave %s\n",
+                       netdev_err(bond->dev, "Error %d setting MAC of new active slave %s\n",
                                   -rv, new_active->dev->name);
                        goto out;
                }
                rv = dev_set_mac_address(old_active->dev,
                                         (struct sockaddr *)&ss, NULL);
                if (rv)
-                       netdev_err(bond->dev, "Error %d setting MAC of slave %s\n",
-                                  -rv, new_active->dev->name);
+                       netdev_err(bond->dev, "Error %d setting MAC of old active slave %s\n",
+                                  -rv, old_active->dev->name);
 out:
                break;
        default: