diff --git a/init/main.c b/init/main.c
index 26cd398acf2acee7eda7e3a8a0cf77131ffb073f..e1c87e1d635907a521b6898ad3e9ded6a131a6ed 100644
--- a/init/main.c
+++ b/init/main.c
@@ -825,7 +825,7 @@ static int __ref kernel_init(void *unused)
 	if (ramdisk_execute_command) {
 		if (!run_init_process(ramdisk_execute_command))
 			return 0;
-		printk(KERN_WARNING "Failed to execute %s\n",
+		printk(KERN_ERR "Failed to execute %s\n",
 				ramdisk_execute_command);
 	}
 
@@ -838,7 +838,7 @@ static int __ref kernel_init(void *unused)
 	if (execute_command) {
 		if (!run_init_process(execute_command))
 			return 0;
-		printk(KERN_WARNING "Failed to execute %s.  Attempting "
+		printk(KERN_ERR "Failed to execute %s.  Attempting "
 					"defaults...\n", execute_command);
 	}
 	if (!run_init_process("/sbin/init") ||
@@ -884,7 +884,7 @@ static noinline void __init kernel_init_freeable(void)
 
 	/* Open the /dev/console on the rootfs, this should never fail */
 	if (sys_open((const char __user *) "/dev/console", O_RDWR, 0) < 0)
-		printk(KERN_WARNING "Warning: unable to open an initial console.\n");
+		printk(KERN_ERR "Warning: unable to open an initial console.\n");
 
 	(void) sys_dup(0);
 	(void) sys_dup(0);