diff --git a/core/org.eclipse.cdt.ui/src/org/eclipse/cdt/internal/ui/buildconsole/BuildConsolePartitioner.java b/core/org.eclipse.cdt.ui/src/org/eclipse/cdt/internal/ui/buildconsole/BuildConsolePartitioner.java
index 463e9fc1a08..56b7cf16d58 100644
--- a/core/org.eclipse.cdt.ui/src/org/eclipse/cdt/internal/ui/buildconsole/BuildConsolePartitioner.java
+++ b/core/org.eclipse.cdt.ui/src/org/eclipse/cdt/internal/ui/buildconsole/BuildConsolePartitioner.java
@@ -321,7 +321,7 @@ public class BuildConsolePartitioner
 	}
 
 	public ConsoleOutputStream getErrorStream() throws CoreException {
-		return new BuildOutputStream(fManager.getStream(BuildConsoleManager.BUILD_STREAM_TYPE_INFO));
+		return new BuildOutputStream(fManager.getStream(BuildConsoleManager.BUILD_STREAM_TYPE_ERROR));
 	}
 
 }
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