diff --git a/stepmania/src/arch/Threads/Threads_Pthreads.cpp b/stepmania/src/arch/Threads/Threads_Pthreads.cpp
index 16d1001d3c..cd16b5abb5 100644
--- a/stepmania/src/arch/Threads/Threads_Pthreads.cpp
+++ b/stepmania/src/arch/Threads/Threads_Pthreads.cpp
@@ -185,7 +185,7 @@ bool MutexImpl_Pthreads::TryLock()
 	if( ret == EBUSY )
 		return false;
 	if( ret )
-		RageException::Throw( "pthread_mutex_lock failed: %s", strerror(errno) );
+		RageException::Throw( "pthread_mutex_trylock failed: %s", strerror(errno) );
 	return true;
 }