diff --git a/base/loading.jl b/base/loading.jl
index 32617b77ad72b..5b62721d9fbe4 100644
--- a/base/loading.jl
+++ b/base/loading.jl
@@ -2837,7 +2837,7 @@ function __require_prelocked(pkg::PkgId, env)
                     m isa Module && return m
 
                     verbosity = isinteractive() ? CoreLogging.Info : CoreLogging.Debug
-                    @logmsg verbosity "Precompiling $(repr("text/plain", pkg))$(list_reasons(reasons))"
+                    @info "Precompiling $(repr("text/plain", pkg))$(list_reasons(reasons))"
 
                     unlock(require_lock)
                     try
diff --git a/test/precompile.jl b/test/precompile.jl
index f63fc5e631125..3dbab7332e76b 100644
--- a/test/precompile.jl
+++ b/test/precompile.jl
@@ -1419,7 +1419,7 @@ precompile_test_harness("conflicting namespaces") do dir
         try
             for i = 1:2
                 @test readchomp(pipeline(`$exename -E $(testcode)`, stderr=fname)) == "nothing"
-                @test read(fname, String) == "Iterators\n"
+                @test endswith(read(fname, String), "Iterators\n")
             end
         finally
             rm(fname, force=true)