diff --git a/src/modules/mc_att_control/mc_att_control_main.cpp b/src/modules/mc_att_control/mc_att_control_main.cpp
index 6d390a9a68..6a45167c85 100644
--- a/src/modules/mc_att_control/mc_att_control_main.cpp
+++ b/src/modules/mc_att_control/mc_att_control_main.cpp
@@ -813,7 +813,7 @@ MulticopterAttitudeControl::task_main()
 
 		/* this is undesirable but not much we can do - might want to flag unhappy status */
 		if (pret < 0) {
-			warn("poll error %d, %d", pret, errno);
+			warn("mc att ctrl: poll error %d, %d", pret, errno);
 			/* sleep a bit before next try */
 			usleep(100000);
 			continue;