diff --git a/gdbstub.c b/gdbstub.c
index 27e0923781..2d18ed73be 100644
--- a/gdbstub.c
+++ b/gdbstub.c
@@ -638,8 +638,8 @@ void gdb_register_coprocessor(CPUState *cpu,
     *p = s;
     if (g_pos) {
         if (g_pos != s->base_reg) {
-            fprintf(stderr, "Error: Bad gdb register numbering for '%s'\n"
-                    "Expected %d got %d\n", xml, g_pos, s->base_reg);
+            error_report("Error: Bad gdb register numbering for '%s', "
+                         "expected %d got %d", xml, g_pos, s->base_reg);
         } else {
             cpu->gdb_num_g_regs = cpu->gdb_num_regs;
         }
@@ -891,7 +891,7 @@ static int gdb_handle_packet(GDBState *s, const char *line_buf)
         }
     case 'k':
         /* Kill the target */
-        fprintf(stderr, "\nQEMU: Terminated via GDBstub\n");
+        error_report("QEMU: Terminated via GDBstub");
         exit(0);
     case 'D':
         /* Detach packet */
@@ -1359,8 +1359,8 @@ void gdb_do_syscallv(gdb_syscall_complete_cb cb, const char *fmt, va_list va)
                 break;
             default:
             bad_format:
-                fprintf(stderr, "gdbstub: Bad syscall format string '%s'\n",
-                        fmt - 1);
+                error_report("gdbstub: Bad syscall format string '%s'",
+                             fmt - 1);
                 break;
             }
         } else {