diff --git a/Tools/autotest/vehicle_test_suite.py b/Tools/autotest/vehicle_test_suite.py
index 978483c70e..d77e00ec0b 100644
--- a/Tools/autotest/vehicle_test_suite.py
+++ b/Tools/autotest/vehicle_test_suite.py
@@ -5279,11 +5279,12 @@ class TestSuite(ABC):
                                                   ):
         '''returns a list of mission-item-ints from filepath'''
         # self.progress("filepath: %s" % filepath)
-        self.progress("Loading {loaderclass.itemstype()} (%s)" % os.path.basename(filepath))
         wploader = loaderclass(
             target_system=target_system,
             target_component=target_component
         )
+        itemstype = mavutil.mavlink.enums["MAV_MISSION_TYPE"][wploader.mav_mission_type()]
+        self.progress(f"Loading {itemstype} ({os.path.basename(filepath)}")
         wploader.load(filepath)
         return [self.wp_to_mission_item_int(x, wploader.mav_mission_type()) for x in wploader.wpoints]  # noqa:502