diff --git a/src/testlib/qtestcase.cpp b/src/testlib/qtestcase.cpp
index 0e384b8dc1..8cde1118e6 100644
--- a/src/testlib/qtestcase.cpp
+++ b/src/testlib/qtestcase.cpp
@@ -2243,7 +2243,7 @@ QTestData &QTest::newRow(const char *dataTag)
 {
     QTEST_ASSERT_X(dataTag, "QTest::newRow()", "Data tag can not be null");
     QTestTable *tbl = QTestTable::currentTestTable();
-    QTEST_ASSERT_X(tbl, "QTest::addColumn()", "Cannot add testdata outside of a _data slot.");
+    QTEST_ASSERT_X(tbl, "QTest::newRow()", "Cannot add testdata outside of a _data slot.");
 
     return *tbl->newData(dataTag);
 }