diff --git a/projects/rocprofiler-sdk/source/lib/rocprofiler-sdk-tool/tool.cpp b/projects/rocprofiler-sdk/source/lib/rocprofiler-sdk-tool/tool.cpp
index b2299111a6..0e722cf69c 100644
--- a/projects/rocprofiler-sdk/source/lib/rocprofiler-sdk-tool/tool.cpp
+++ b/projects/rocprofiler-sdk/source/lib/rocprofiler-sdk-tool/tool.cpp
@@ -1334,7 +1334,7 @@ tool_init(rocprofiler_client_finalize_t fini_func, void* tool_data)
             }
         }
         if(!config_match_found)
-            ROCP_ERROR << "Given PC sampling configuration is not supported on any of the agents";
+            ROCP_FATAL << "Given PC sampling configuration is not supported on any of the agents";
     }
 
     for(auto itr : get_buffers().as_array())