diff --git a/lib/tokenize.cpp b/lib/tokenize.cpp
index 0d8dce1aa..21f01524b 100644
--- a/lib/tokenize.cpp
+++ b/lib/tokenize.cpp
@@ -359,7 +359,7 @@ void Tokenizer::createTokens(std::istream &code)
                 {
                     if (lineNumbers.empty() || fileIndexes.empty())
                     {
-                        std::cerr << "####### Preprocessor bug! #######\n";
+                        cppcheckError(0);
                         deallocateTokens();
                         return;
                     }