diff --git a/usr.sbin/ctm/ctm/ctm.c b/usr.sbin/ctm/ctm/ctm.c
index eb7d5f42456a..5f16249f70be 100644
--- a/usr.sbin/ctm/ctm/ctm.c
+++ b/usr.sbin/ctm/ctm/ctm.c
@@ -238,7 +238,7 @@ Proc(char *filename, unsigned applied)
 	    return Exit_Broke;
 	}
 	if ((fd = mkstemp(fn)) == -1 || (f2 = fdopen(fd, "w+")) == NULL) {
- 	    perror(fn);
+ 	    warn("%s", fn);
 	    free(fn);
 	    if (fd != -1)
 		close(fd);