--- a/src/vlib/buffer.c
+++ b/src/vlib/buffer.c
@@ -710,10 +710,10 @@
       if (!error)
 	goto buffer_pool_create;

       /* If alloc failed, retry without hugepages */
-      vlib_log_warn (bm->log_default,
-		     "numa[%u] falling back to non-hugepage backed "
-		     "buffer pool (%U)", numa_node, format_clib_error, error);
+      fformat (stderr,
+	       "numa[%u] falling back to non-hugepage backed buffer pool\n",
+	       numa_node);
       clib_error_free (error);

       error = vlib_physmem_shared_map_create