diff --git a/make/common/shared/Sanity.gmk b/make/common/shared/Sanity.gmk
index 0cf3433f9dcfba22c80073b6df276068c86f3caf..a893e2986796df8cb5c3a267453aaebb3ee56e3f 100644
--- a/make/common/shared/Sanity.gmk
+++ b/make/common/shared/Sanity.gmk
@@ -255,10 +255,10 @@ endif
 MAKE_CHECK :=$(call CheckVersions,$(MAKE_VER),$(REQUIRED_MAKE_VER))
 sane-make:
 	@if [ "$(MAKE_CHECK)" != "same" -a "$(MAKE_CHECK)" != "newer" ]; then \
-	  $(ECHO) "WARNING: The version of make being used is older than \n" \
+	  $(ECHO) "ERROR: The version of make being used is older than \n" \
 	    "      the required version of '$(REQUIRED_MAKE_VER)'. \n" \
 	    "      The version of make found was '$(MAKE_VER)'. \n" \
-	    "" >> $(WARNING_FILE) ; \
+	    "" >> $(ERROR_FILE) ; \
 	fi
 
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