diff --git a/scripts/fio.py b/scripts/fio.py
index ff84ec18c..9ec56198c 100755
--- a/scripts/fio.py
+++ b/scripts/fio.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python
 
-from subprocess import check_call, call, check_output, Popen, PIPE
+from subprocess import check_call, call, check_output, Popen, PIPE, CalledProcessError
 import re
 import sys
 import signal
@@ -66,10 +66,10 @@ def main():
 
     configure_devices(devices)
     try:
-            fio_executable = check_output("which --skip-alias fio", shell=True).split()[0]
-    except subprocess.CalledProcessError as e:
-            print(e)
-            print("Can't find the fio binary, please install it.")
+            fio_executable = check_output("which fio", shell=True).split()[0]
+    except CalledProcessError as e:
+            sys.stderr.write(str(e))
+            sys.stderr.write("\nCan't find the fio binary, please install it.\n")
             sys.exit(1)
 
     device_paths = ['/dev/' + dev for dev in devices]
diff --git a/test/nvmf/fio/nvmf_fio.py b/test/nvmf/fio/nvmf_fio.py
index 3cead1fb7..53c9acc79 100755
--- a/test/nvmf/fio/nvmf_fio.py
+++ b/test/nvmf/fio/nvmf_fio.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python
 
-from subprocess import check_call, call, check_output, Popen, PIPE
+from subprocess import check_call, call, check_output, Popen, PIPE, CalledProcessError
 import re
 import sys
 import signal
@@ -66,10 +66,10 @@ def main():
 
     # configure_devices(devices)
     try:
-            fio_executable = check_output("which --skip-alias fio", shell=True).split()[0]
-    except subprocess.CalledProcessError as e:
-            print(e)
-            print("Can't find the fio binary, please install it.")
+            fio_executable = check_output("which fio", shell=True).split()[0]
+    except CalledProcessError as e:
+            sys.stderr.write(str(e))
+            sys.stderr.write("\nCan't find the fio binary, please install it.\n")
             sys.exit(1)
 
     device_paths = ['/dev/' + dev for dev in devices]