diff --git a/common/rc b/common/rc
index f17b19f2..1b7b2575 100644
--- a/common/rc
+++ b/common/rc
@@ -2311,7 +2311,7 @@ _require_scratch_swapfile()
 	_require_scratch
 	_require_command "$MKSWAP_PROG" "mkswap"
 
-	_scratch_mkfs >/dev/null
+	_scratch_mkfs >/dev/null 2>&1
 
 	# With mounting SELinux context(e.g. system_u:object_r:root_t:s0),
 	# standard mkswap tried to reset the type of default context to