diff --git a/ioengines.c b/ioengines.c
index 87cc2286e0..5dd4355d29 100644
--- a/ioengines.c
+++ b/ioengines.c
@@ -413,7 +413,7 @@ enum fio_q_status td_io_queue(struct thread_data *td, struct io_u *io_u)
 	if (io_u->error == EINVAL && td->io_issues[io_u->ddir & 1] == 1 &&
 	    td->o.odirect) {
 
-		log_info("fio: first direct IO errored. File system may not "
+		log_err("fio: first direct IO errored. File system may not "
 			 "support direct IO, or iomem_align= is bad, or "
 			 "invalid block size. Try setting direct=0.\n");
 	}
@@ -421,7 +421,7 @@ enum fio_q_status td_io_queue(struct thread_data *td, struct io_u *io_u)
 	if (zbd_unaligned_write(io_u->error) &&
 	    td->io_issues[io_u->ddir & 1] == 1 &&
 	    td->o.zone_mode != ZONE_MODE_ZBD) {
-		log_info("fio: first I/O failed. If %s is a zoned block device, consider --zonemode=zbd\n",
+		log_err("fio: first I/O failed. If %s is a zoned block device, consider --zonemode=zbd\n",
 			 io_u->file->file_name);
 	}