diff --git a/ggml/src/ggml-blas/CMakeLists.txt b/ggml/src/ggml-blas/CMakeLists.txt
index 0bf3c05d..76064c3f 100644
--- a/ggml/src/ggml-blas/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/ggml/src/ggml-blas/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ if (BLAS_FOUND)
     target_link_libraries     (ggml-blas PRIVATE ${BLAS_LIBRARIES})
     target_include_directories(ggml-blas PRIVATE ${BLAS_INCLUDE_DIRS})
 else()
-    message(ERROR "BLAS not found, please refer to "
-                  "https://cmake.org/cmake/help/latest/module/FindBLAS.html#blas-lapack-vendors"
-                  " to set correct GGML_BLAS_VENDOR")
+    message(FATAL_ERROR "BLAS not found, please refer to "
+                        "https://cmake.org/cmake/help/latest/module/FindBLAS.html#blas-lapack-vendors"
+                        " to set correct GGML_BLAS_VENDOR")
 endif()
diff --git a/ggml/src/ggml-sycl/CMakeLists.txt b/ggml/src/ggml-sycl/CMakeLists.txt
index a2e26124..2a0045bc 100644
--- a/ggml/src/ggml-sycl/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/ggml/src/ggml-sycl/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ elseif(SUPPORTS_SYCL)
         If you expected the oneAPI Release compiler, please install oneAPI & source it, like:
         source /opt/intel/oneapi/setvars.sh")
 else()
-    message(FATAL_ERROR, "C++ compiler lacks SYCL support.")
+    message(FATAL_ERROR "C++ compiler lacks SYCL support.")
 endif()
 message(STATUS "SYCL found")
 #todo: AOT
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ else()
         target_compile_definitions(ggml-sycl PRIVATE GGML_SYCL_NVIDIA)
     elseif (GGML_SYCL_TARGET STREQUAL "AMD")
         if (NOT GGML_SYCL_DEVICE_ARCH)
-            message(ERROR "Can't enable SYCL hip backend, GGML_SYCL_DEVICE_ARCH has not been set.")
+            message(FATAL_ERROR "Can't enable SYCL hip backend, GGML_SYCL_DEVICE_ARCH has not been set.")
         endif()
         target_link_libraries(ggml-sycl PRIVATE ONEMATH::onemath_blas_rocblas)
         target_compile_options(ggml-sycl PRIVATE "-fsycl-targets=amdgcn-amd-amdhsa")