diff --git a/fs/overlayfs/params.c b/fs/overlayfs/params.c
index 18fc135c7eda..1f70925cab63 100644
--- a/fs/overlayfs/params.c
+++ b/fs/overlayfs/params.c
@@ -455,7 +455,7 @@ 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;
 	}
 
@@ -499,7 +499,7 @@ 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;
 			}