diff --git a/fs/btrfs/tests/free-space-tests.c b/fs/btrfs/tests/free-space-tests.c
index 8dcdefab1280..dcbe526e5698 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/tests/free-space-tests.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/tests/free-space-tests.c
@@ -847,7 +847,7 @@ int btrfs_test_free_space_cache(u32 sectorsize, u32 nodesize)
 	cache = btrfs_alloc_dummy_block_group(fs_info,
 				      BITS_PER_BITMAP * sectorsize + PAGE_SIZE);
 	if (!cache) {
-		test_err("couldn't run the tests");
+		test_std_err(TEST_ALLOC_BLOCK_GROUP);
 		btrfs_free_dummy_fs_info(fs_info);
 		return 0;
 	}
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/tests/free-space-tree-tests.c b/fs/btrfs/tests/free-space-tree-tests.c
index 22282c16c022..09c27628e305 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/tests/free-space-tree-tests.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/tests/free-space-tree-tests.c
@@ -473,7 +473,7 @@ static int run_test(test_func_t test_func, int bitmaps, u32 sectorsize,
 
 	cache = btrfs_alloc_dummy_block_group(fs_info, 8 * alignment);
 	if (!cache) {
-		test_err("couldn't allocate dummy block group cache");
+		test_std_err(TEST_ALLOC_BLOCK_GROUP);
 		ret = -ENOMEM;
 		goto out;
 	}