diff --git a/sys/i386/isa/lpt.c b/sys/i386/isa/lpt.c
index 9f75bd724dfc..17170402da03 100644
--- a/sys/i386/isa/lpt.c
+++ b/sys/i386/isa/lpt.c
@@ -264,7 +264,7 @@ lptopen(dev, flag)
 
 	if (sc->sc_state) {
 lprintf("lp: still open\n") ;
-printf("still open %x\n", sc->sc_state);
+lprintf("still open %x\n", sc->sc_state);
 		return(EBUSY);
 	} else	sc->sc_state |= INIT;