diff --git a/hw/isa/isa-bus.c b/hw/isa/isa-bus.c
index 348e0eab9d..0f2e426d02 100644
--- a/hw/isa/isa-bus.c
+++ b/hw/isa/isa-bus.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
  * License along with this library; if not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
  */
 #include "qemu/osdep.h"
+#include "qemu/error-report.h"
 #include "qapi/error.h"
 #include "hw/hw.h"
 #include "monitor/monitor.h"
@@ -186,15 +187,15 @@ ISADevice *isa_vga_init(ISABus *bus)
     case VGA_CIRRUS:
         return isa_create_simple(bus, "isa-cirrus-vga");
     case VGA_QXL:
-        fprintf(stderr, "%s: qxl: no PCI bus\n", __func__);
+        error_report("%s: qxl: no PCI bus", __func__);
         return NULL;
     case VGA_STD:
         return isa_create_simple(bus, "isa-vga");
     case VGA_VMWARE:
-        fprintf(stderr, "%s: vmware_vga: no PCI bus\n", __func__);
+        error_report("%s: vmware_vga: no PCI bus", __func__);
         return NULL;
     case VGA_VIRTIO:
-        fprintf(stderr, "%s: virtio-vga: no PCI bus\n", __func__);
+        error_report("%s: virtio-vga: no PCI bus", __func__);
         return NULL;
     case VGA_NONE:
     default: