diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_hostdev.c b/src/qemu/qemu_hostdev.c
index 2b11d6c71a..1b16386f36 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_hostdev.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_hostdev.c
@@ -1135,8 +1135,8 @@ qemuPrepareHostdevSCSIDevices(virQEMUDriverPtr driver,
                 virReportError(VIR_ERR_OPERATION_INVALID,
                                _("SCSI device %s is already in use by "
                                  "other domain(s) as '%s'"),
-                               tmp_shareable ? "shareable" : "non-shareable",
-                               virSCSIDeviceGetName(tmp));
+                               virSCSIDeviceGetName(tmp),
+                               tmp_shareable ? "shareable" : "non-shareable");
                 goto error;
             }