diff --git a/mllib/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/mllib/linalg/CholeskyDecomposition.scala b/mllib/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/mllib/linalg/CholeskyDecomposition.scala
index 0cd371e9cce347806834838fd7ab84c98319f30b..ffdcddec114700a1f0f4e59ffa9ed0f7b1ce4151 100644
--- a/mllib/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/mllib/linalg/CholeskyDecomposition.scala
+++ b/mllib/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/mllib/linalg/CholeskyDecomposition.scala
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ private[spark] object CholeskyDecomposition {
     val info = new intW(0)
     lapack.dppsv("U", k, 1, A, bx, k, info)
     val code = info.`val`
-    assert(code == 0, s"lapack.dpotrs returned $code.")
+    assert(code == 0, s"lapack.dppsv returned $code.")
     bx
   }