diff --git a/hw/i2c/imx_i2c.c b/hw/i2c/imx_i2c.c
index d26177c85d..22b10e4166 100644
--- a/hw/i2c/imx_i2c.c
+++ b/hw/i2c/imx_i2c.c
@@ -151,8 +151,8 @@ static void imx_i2c_write(void *opaque, hwaddr offset,
 {
     IMXI2CState *s = IMX_I2C(opaque);
 
-    trace_imx_i2c_read(DEVICE(s)->canonical_path, imx_i2c_get_regname(offset),
-                       offset, value);
+    trace_imx_i2c_write(DEVICE(s)->canonical_path, imx_i2c_get_regname(offset),
+                        offset, value);
 
     value &= 0xff;