diff --git a/tools/bpf/bpftool/prog.c b/tools/bpf/bpftool/prog.c
index ede7957adcd9ba22198f0e78b83c2a2c35e3a63b..6c03d2ea3f79455f5d186729398ae2a93b5506cc 100644
--- a/tools/bpf/bpftool/prog.c
+++ b/tools/bpf/bpftool/prog.c
@@ -416,7 +416,7 @@ static int do_dump(int argc, char **argv)
 	}
 
 	if (*member_len > buf_size) {
-		info("too many instructions returned\n");
+		err("too many instructions returned\n");
 		goto err_free;
 	}