diff --git a/hw/scsi-disk.c b/hw/scsi-disk.c
index 505accd..5d8bf53 100644
--- a/hw/scsi-disk.c
+++ b/hw/scsi-disk.c
@@ -1515,7 +1515,7 @@
     DriveInfo *dinfo;
 
     if (!s->qdev.conf.bs) {
-        error_report("scsi-disk: drive property not set");
+        error_report("drive property not set");
         return -1;
     }
 
@@ -1537,7 +1537,7 @@
     }
 
     if (bdrv_is_sg(s->qdev.conf.bs)) {
-        error_report("scsi-disk: unwanted /dev/sg*");
+        error_report("unwanted /dev/sg*");
         return -1;
     }
 
diff --git a/hw/scsi-generic.c b/hw/scsi-generic.c
index 6f7d3db..0aebcdd 100644
--- a/hw/scsi-generic.c
+++ b/hw/scsi-generic.c
@@ -374,13 +374,13 @@
     struct sg_scsi_id scsiid;
 
     if (!s->conf.bs) {
-        error_report("scsi-generic: drive property not set");
+        error_report("drive property not set");
         return -1;
     }
 
     /* check we are really using a /dev/sg* file */
     if (!bdrv_is_sg(s->conf.bs)) {
-        error_report("scsi-generic: not /dev/sg*");
+        error_report("not /dev/sg*");
         return -1;
     }
 
@@ -396,13 +396,13 @@
     /* check we are using a driver managing SG_IO (version 3 and after */
     if (bdrv_ioctl(s->conf.bs, SG_GET_VERSION_NUM, &sg_version) < 0 ||
         sg_version < 30000) {
-        error_report("scsi-generic: scsi generic interface too old");
+        error_report("scsi generic interface too old");
         return -1;
     }
 
     /* get LUN of the /dev/sg? */
     if (bdrv_ioctl(s->conf.bs, SG_GET_SCSI_ID, &scsiid)) {
-        error_report("scsi-generic: SG_GET_SCSI_ID ioctl failed");
+        error_report("SG_GET_SCSI_ID ioctl failed");
         return -1;
     }
 
diff --git a/hw/usb-msd.c b/hw/usb-msd.c
index 4c06950..b87b929 100644
--- a/hw/usb-msd.c
+++ b/hw/usb-msd.c
@@ -517,7 +517,7 @@
     DriveInfo *dinfo;
 
     if (!bs) {
-        error_report("usb-msd: drive property not set");
+        error_report("drive property not set");
         return -1;
     }
 
diff --git a/hw/virtio-blk.c b/hw/virtio-blk.c
index ef27421..5e81f53 100644
--- a/hw/virtio-blk.c
+++ b/hw/virtio-blk.c
@@ -569,7 +569,7 @@
     DriveInfo *dinfo;
 
     if (!conf->bs) {
-        error_report("virtio-blk-pci: drive property not set");
+        error_report("drive property not set");
         return NULL;
     }
     if (!bdrv_is_inserted(conf->bs)) {