diff --git a/services/std_svc/spm/el3_spmc/spmc_main.c b/services/std_svc/spm/el3_spmc/spmc_main.c
index c6ec30c3d..ec611808c 100644
--- a/services/std_svc/spm/el3_spmc/spmc_main.c
+++ b/services/std_svc/spm/el3_spmc/spmc_main.c
@@ -1398,8 +1398,8 @@ static uint64_t ffa_run_handler(uint32_t smc_fid,
 
 	/* Check that the target SP exists. */
 	sp = spmc_get_sp_ctx(target_id);
-		ERROR("Unknown partition ID (0x%x).\n", target_id);
 	if (sp == NULL) {
+		ERROR("Unknown partition ID (0x%x).\n", target_id);
 		return spmc_ffa_error_return(handle,
 					     FFA_ERROR_INVALID_PARAMETER);
 	}