diff --git a/src/mesa/drivers/dri/intel/intel_decode.c b/src/mesa/drivers/dri/intel/intel_decode.c
index 16881f297d3..6284121daf5 100644
--- a/src/mesa/drivers/dri/intel/intel_decode.c
+++ b/src/mesa/drivers/dri/intel/intel_decode.c
@@ -859,7 +859,7 @@ intel_decode(uint32_t *data, int count, uint32_t hw_offset, uint32_t devid)
     int index = 0;
     int failures = 0;
 
-    out = stdout;
+    out = stderr;
 
     while (index < count) {
 	switch ((data[index] & 0xe0000000) >> 29) {