diff --git a/fs/overlayfs/params.c b/fs/overlayfs/params.c
index 8dd834c7f291c..d0568c0913412 100644
--- a/fs/overlayfs/params.c
+++ b/fs/overlayfs/params.c
@@ -449,7 +449,7 @@ static int ovl_parse_param_lowerdir(const char *name, struct fs_context *fc)
 		return 0;
 
 	if (*name == ':') {
-		pr_err("cannot append lower layer");
+		pr_err("cannot append lower layer\n");
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}
 
@@ -493,7 +493,7 @@ static int ovl_parse_param_lowerdir(const char *name, struct fs_context *fc)
 			 * there are no data layers.
 			 */
 			if (ctx->nr_data > 0) {
-				pr_err("regular lower layers cannot follow data lower layers");
+				pr_err("regular lower layers cannot follow data lower layers\n");
 				goto out_err;
 			}