diff --git a/saml2/saml2-service-provider/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/saml2/provider/service/web/authentication/OpenSamlAuthenticationRequestResolver.java b/saml2/saml2-service-provider/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/saml2/provider/service/web/authentication/OpenSamlAuthenticationRequestResolver.java
index d0be604b53..e3021487c8 100644
--- a/saml2/saml2-service-provider/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/saml2/provider/service/web/authentication/OpenSamlAuthenticationRequestResolver.java
+++ b/saml2/saml2-service-provider/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/saml2/provider/service/web/authentication/OpenSamlAuthenticationRequestResolver.java
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ class OpenSamlAuthenticationRequestResolver {
 		XMLObjectProviderRegistry registry = ConfigurationService.get(XMLObjectProviderRegistry.class);
 		this.marshaller = (AuthnRequestMarshaller) registry.getMarshallerFactory()
 				.getMarshaller(AuthnRequest.DEFAULT_ELEMENT_NAME);
-		Assert.notNull(this.marshaller, "logoutRequestMarshaller must be configured in OpenSAML");
+		Assert.notNull(this.marshaller, "authnRequestMarshaller must be configured in OpenSAML");
 		this.authnRequestBuilder = (AuthnRequestBuilder) XMLObjectProviderRegistrySupport.getBuilderFactory()
 				.getBuilder(AuthnRequest.DEFAULT_ELEMENT_NAME);
 		Assert.notNull(this.authnRequestBuilder, "authnRequestBuilder must be configured in OpenSAML");