diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/exec/Makefile b/tools/testing/selftests/exec/Makefile
index b640af8f02b5..bb10d9523e7f 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/exec/Makefile
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/exec/Makefile
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ TEST_GEN_FILES += bpf_interp.bpf.o nix_origin.bpf.o transparent.bpf.o
 TEST_GEN_FILES += loader.bpf.o interp_bind.bpf.o
 TEST_GEN_FILES += binfmt_bpf_interp binfmt_bpf_app binfmt_bind_interp
 else
-$(info exec selftests: skipping binfmt_misc_bpf, needs clang, bpftool, vmlinux BTF and libbpf)
+$(warning exec selftests: skipping binfmt_misc_bpf, needs clang, bpftool, vmlinux BTF and libbpf)
 endif
 
 EXTRA_CLEAN := $(OUTPUT)/subdir.moved $(OUTPUT)/execveat.moved $(OUTPUT)/xxxxx*	\