diff --git a/src/checkother.cpp b/src/checkother.cpp
index a3643ac05..11000a692 100644
--- a/src/checkother.cpp
+++ b/src/checkother.cpp
@@ -967,7 +967,7 @@ void CheckOther::CheckZeroDivision()
     for (const Token *tok = _tokenizer->tokens(); tok; tok = tok->next())
     {
         if (Token::simpleMatch(tok, "/ 0"))
-            zerodivWarning(tok);
+            zerodivError(tok);
     }
 }
 
@@ -1064,7 +1064,7 @@ void CheckOther::nullPointerError(const Token *tok)
     reportError(tok, "error", "nullPointer", "Possible null pointer dereference");
 }
 
-void CheckOther::zerodivWarning(const Token *tok)
+void CheckOther::zerodivError(const Token *tok)
 {
-    reportError(tok, "style", "zerodivWarning", "Warning: Division with zero");
+    reportError(tok, "error", "zerodiv", "Division with zero");
 }
diff --git a/src/checkother.h b/src/checkother.h
index b7313d4ac..1c8863674 100644
--- a/src/checkother.h
+++ b/src/checkother.h
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ private:
     void strPlusChar(const Token *tok);
     void returnLocalVariable(const Token *tok);
     void nullPointerError(const Token *tok);
-    void zerodivWarning(const Token *tok);
+    void zerodivError(const Token *tok);
 
     void getErrorMessages()
     {
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ private:
         strPlusChar(0);
         returnLocalVariable(0);
         nullPointerError(0);
-        zerodivWarning(0);
+        zerodivError(0);
     }
 
 };
diff --git a/test/testother.cpp b/test/testother.cpp
index 33b8d6e2e..bf1454eff 100644
--- a/test/testother.cpp
+++ b/test/testother.cpp
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ private:
               "}");
 
 
-        ASSERT_EQUALS(std::string("[test.cpp:5]: (style) Warning: Division with zero\n"), errout.str());
+        ASSERT_EQUALS(std::string("[test.cpp:5]: (error) Division with zero\n"), errout.str());
     }
 
     void zeroDiv2()