diff --git a/scripts/link-vmlinux.sh b/scripts/link-vmlinux.sh
index cd9c6c6..4629038c 100644
--- a/scripts/link-vmlinux.sh
+++ b/scripts/link-vmlinux.sh
@@ -210,8 +210,8 @@
 	mksysmap ${kallsyms_vmlinux} .tmp_System.map
 
 	if ! cmp -s System.map .tmp_System.map; then
-		echo Inconsistent kallsyms data
-		echo echo Try "make KALLSYMS_EXTRA_PASS=1" as a workaround
+		echo >&2 Inconsistent kallsyms data
+		echo >&2 echo Try "make KALLSYMS_EXTRA_PASS=1" as a workaround
 		cleanup
 		exit 1
 	fi