diff --git a/samples/net/echo_client/src/tcp.c b/samples/net/echo_client/src/tcp.c
index 1d643678078..05c5fa270a0 100644
--- a/samples/net/echo_client/src/tcp.c
+++ b/samples/net/echo_client/src/tcp.c
@@ -348,7 +348,7 @@ int start_tcp(void)
 				  K_THREAD_STACK_SIZEOF(
 					  net_app_tls_stack_ipv4));
 		if (ret < 0) {
-			NET_ERR("Cannot init IPv6 TCP client (%d)", ret);
+			NET_ERR("Cannot init IPv4 TCP client (%d)", ret);
 		}
 	}