diff --git a/tools/lib/bpf/netlink.c b/tools/lib/bpf/netlink.c
index ce3ec81b71c0..a261df9cb488 100644
--- a/tools/lib/bpf/netlink.c
+++ b/tools/lib/bpf/netlink.c
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 
 #include "bpf.h"
 #include "libbpf.h"
+#include "libbpf_internal.h"
 #include "nlattr.h"
 
 #ifndef SOL_NETLINK
@@ -43,7 +44,7 @@ int libbpf_netlink_open(__u32 *nl_pid)
 
 	if (setsockopt(sock, SOL_NETLINK, NETLINK_EXT_ACK,
 		       &one, sizeof(one)) < 0) {
-		fprintf(stderr, "Netlink error reporting not supported\n");
+		pr_warn("Netlink error reporting not supported\n");
 	}
 
 	if (bind(sock, (struct sockaddr *)&sa, sizeof(sa)) < 0) {
diff --git a/tools/lib/bpf/nlattr.c b/tools/lib/bpf/nlattr.c
index 1e69c0c8d413..8db44bbfc66d 100644
--- a/tools/lib/bpf/nlattr.c
+++ b/tools/lib/bpf/nlattr.c
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 
 #include <errno.h>
 #include "nlattr.h"
+#include "libbpf_internal.h"
 #include <linux/rtnetlink.h>
 #include <string.h>
 #include <stdio.h>
@@ -121,8 +122,8 @@ int libbpf_nla_parse(struct nlattr *tb[], int maxtype, struct nlattr *head,
 		}
 
 		if (tb[type])
-			fprintf(stderr, "Attribute of type %#x found multiple times in message, "
-				  "previous attribute is being ignored.\n", type);
+			pr_warn("Attribute of type %#x found multiple times in message, "
+				"previous attribute is being ignored.\n", type);
 
 		tb[type] = nla;
 	}
@@ -181,15 +182,14 @@ int libbpf_nla_dump_errormsg(struct nlmsghdr *nlh)
 
 	if (libbpf_nla_parse(tb, NLMSGERR_ATTR_MAX, attr, alen,
 			     extack_policy) != 0) {
-		fprintf(stderr,
-			"Failed to parse extended error attributes\n");
+		pr_warn("Failed to parse extended error attributes\n");
 		return 0;
 	}
 
 	if (tb[NLMSGERR_ATTR_MSG])
 		errmsg = (char *) libbpf_nla_data(tb[NLMSGERR_ATTR_MSG]);
 
-	fprintf(stderr, "Kernel error message: %s\n", errmsg);
+	pr_warn("Kernel error message: %s\n", errmsg);
 
 	return 0;
 }