diff --git a/hw/virtio/vhost-backend.c b/hw/virtio/vhost-backend.c
index ff4f2001bb719bb976e7cda8fb16faf89a7c59ce..4d68a27658d63b7ffbd749b216b17b0e27fcc9f7 100644
--- a/hw/virtio/vhost-backend.c
+++ b/hw/virtio/vhost-backend.c
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ int vhost_set_backend_type(struct vhost_dev *dev, VhostBackendType backend_type)
         dev->vhost_ops = &user_ops;
         break;
     default:
-        error_report("Unknown vhost backend type\n");
+        error_report("Unknown vhost backend type");
         r = -1;
     }
 
diff --git a/net/vhost-user.c b/net/vhost-user.c
index 2435b0f826daa0bd2e00e9fac4c45ff8428a3060..1d86a2be11b5fed25e12330f398d8a8a3be15513 100644
--- a/net/vhost-user.c
+++ b/net/vhost-user.c
@@ -121,12 +121,12 @@ static void net_vhost_user_event(void *opaque, int event)
     case CHR_EVENT_OPENED:
         vhost_user_start(s);
         net_vhost_link_down(s, false);
-        error_report("chardev \"%s\" went up\n", s->chr->label);
+        error_report("chardev \"%s\" went up", s->chr->label);
         break;
     case CHR_EVENT_CLOSED:
         net_vhost_link_down(s, true);
         vhost_user_stop(s);
-        error_report("chardev \"%s\" went down\n", s->chr->label);
+        error_report("chardev \"%s\" went down", s->chr->label);
         break;
     }
 }