diff --git a/scripts/suse/dpkg/dpkgnotify b/scripts/suse/dpkg/dpkgnotify
index 3859d06cab1..3d6d038a984 100644
--- a/scripts/suse/dpkg/dpkgnotify
+++ b/scripts/suse/dpkg/dpkgnotify
@@ -48,8 +48,8 @@ def dpkg_post_invoke():
                         chksum=_get_checksum(), mtime=_get_mtime()
                     )
                 )
-        except (IOError, OSError) as e:
-            sys.stderr.write("Unable to save the cookie file: {}\n".format(e))
+        except OSError as e:
+            print("Unable to save the cookie file: %s" % (e), file=sys.stderr)
 
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":