diff --git a/internal/storage/payload_writer.go b/internal/storage/payload_writer.go
index d9a8f1f11fdf3..b8b3c68f23b42 100644
--- a/internal/storage/payload_writer.go
+++ b/internal/storage/payload_writer.go
@@ -243,7 +243,7 @@ func (w *NativePayloadWriter) AddInt16ToPayload(data []int16) error {
 	}
 
 	if len(data) == 0 {
-		return errors.New("can't add empty msgs into int16 payload")
+		return errors.New("can't add empty msgs into int64 payload")
 	}
 
 	builder, ok := w.builder.(*array.Int16Builder)