diff --git a/src/nvim/lua/executor.c b/src/nvim/lua/executor.c
index 5c1ba3f9fc..72fcf6e43d 100644
--- a/src/nvim/lua/executor.c
+++ b/src/nvim/lua/executor.c
@@ -135,8 +135,8 @@ static void nlua_error(lua_State *const lstate, const char *const msg)
   }
 
   if (in_script) {
-    os_errmsg(str);
-    os_errmsg("\n");
+    fprintf(stderr, msg, (int)len, str);
+    fprintf(stderr, "\n");
   } else {
     msg_ext_set_kind("lua_error");
     semsg_multiline(msg, (int)len, str);