diff --git a/scripts/dts/python-devicetree/src/devicetree/edtlib.py b/scripts/dts/python-devicetree/src/devicetree/edtlib.py
index e9bfa56e774..7a0c950c30c 100644
--- a/scripts/dts/python-devicetree/src/devicetree/edtlib.py
+++ b/scripts/dts/python-devicetree/src/devicetree/edtlib.py
@@ -334,7 +334,7 @@ class EDT:
                 # representing the file)
                 raw = yaml.load(contents, Loader=_BindingLoader)
             except yaml.YAMLError as e:
-                _LOG.warning(
+                _err(
                         f"'{binding_path}' appears in binding directories "
                         f"but isn't valid YAML: {e}")
                 continue