diff --git a/stand/libsa/bzipfs.c b/stand/libsa/bzipfs.c
index bb67bda2aa19..1cd71f7913a0 100644
--- a/stand/libsa/bzipfs.c
+++ b/stand/libsa/bzipfs.c
@@ -363,7 +363,7 @@ bzf_stat(struct open_file *f, struct stat *sb)
 void
 bz_internal_error(int errorcode)
 {
-    panic("bzipfs: critical error %d in bzip2 library occured", errorcode);
+    panic("bzipfs: critical error %d in bzip2 library occurred", errorcode);
 }
 
 #ifdef REGRESSION