diff --git a/projects/rocr-runtime/runtime/hsa-runtime/core/runtime/runtime.cpp b/projects/rocr-runtime/runtime/hsa-runtime/core/runtime/runtime.cpp
index 0683adbfa2..af94a1ae64 100644
--- a/projects/rocr-runtime/runtime/hsa-runtime/core/runtime/runtime.cpp
+++ b/projects/rocr-runtime/runtime/hsa-runtime/core/runtime/runtime.cpp
@@ -1373,7 +1373,7 @@ void Runtime::LoadTools() {
       }
       else {
         if (flag().report_tool_load_failures())
-          debug_print("Tool lib \"%s\" failed to load.\n", name.c_str());
+          fprintf(stderr, "Tool lib \"%s\" failed to load.\n", name.c_str());
       }
     }
   }
diff --git a/projects/rocr-runtime/runtime/hsa-runtime/core/util/flag.h b/projects/rocr-runtime/runtime/hsa-runtime/core/util/flag.h
index 7593bf36e2..6dd81ac9b5 100644
--- a/projects/rocr-runtime/runtime/hsa-runtime/core/util/flag.h
+++ b/projects/rocr-runtime/runtime/hsa-runtime/core/util/flag.h
@@ -86,7 +86,11 @@ class Flag {
     tools_lib_names_ = os::GetEnvVar("HSA_TOOLS_LIB");
 
     var = os::GetEnvVar("HSA_TOOLS_REPORT_LOAD_FAILURE");
+#ifdef NDEBUG
+    report_tool_load_failures_ = (var == "1") ? true : false;
+#else
     report_tool_load_failures_ = (var == "0") ? false : true;
+#endif
 
     var = os::GetEnvVar("HSA_DISABLE_FRAGMENT_ALLOCATOR");
     disable_fragment_alloc_ = (var == "1") ? true : false;