diff --git a/usr.sbin/makefs/msdos/msdosfs_vnops.c b/usr.sbin/makefs/msdos/msdosfs_vnops.c
index 7ecf32f7847..8bd4d3d498d 100644
--- a/usr.sbin/makefs/msdos/msdosfs_vnops.c
+++ b/usr.sbin/makefs/msdos/msdosfs_vnops.c
@@ -467,15 +467,15 @@ msdosfs_wfile(const char *path, struct denode *dep, fsnode *node)
 
 	if ((fd = open(path, O_RDONLY)) == -1) {
 		error = errno;
-		MSDOSFS_DPRINTF(("open %s: %s", path, strerror(error)));
+		fprintf(stderr, "open %s: %s\n", path, strerror(error));
 		return error;
 	}
 
 	if ((dat = mmap(0, nsize, PROT_READ, MAP_FILE | MAP_PRIVATE, fd, 0))
 	    == MAP_FAILED) {
 		error = errno;
-		MSDOSFS_DPRINTF(("%s: mmap %s: %s", __func__, node->name,
-		    strerror(error)));
+		fprintf(stderr, "%s: mmap %s: %s\n", __func__, node->name,
+		    strerror(error));
 		close(fd);
 		goto out;
 	}