diff --git a/cli/cppcheckexecutor.cpp b/cli/cppcheckexecutor.cpp
index 6cc824e20..25b486229 100644
--- a/cli/cppcheckexecutor.cpp
+++ b/cli/cppcheckexecutor.cpp
@@ -189,7 +189,8 @@ int CppCheckExecutor::check(int argc, const char* const argv[])
 
     if (!cppCheck.settings().checkConfiguration)
     {
-        reportUnmatchedSuppressions(cppCheck.settings().nomsg.getUnmatchedGlobalSuppressions());
+        if (!_settings._errorsOnly)
+            reportUnmatchedSuppressions(cppCheck.settings().nomsg.getUnmatchedGlobalSuppressions());
 
         if (Preprocessor::missingIncludeFlag)
         {
diff --git a/lib/cppcheck.cpp b/lib/cppcheck.cpp
index 53654bf0c..25f38c9d2 100644
--- a/lib/cppcheck.cpp
+++ b/lib/cppcheck.cpp
@@ -189,7 +189,8 @@ unsigned int CppCheck::processFile()
         _errorLogger.reportOut("Bailing out from checking " + fixedpath + ": " + e.what());
     }
 
-    reportUnmatchedSuppressions(_settings.nomsg.getUnmatchedLocalSuppressions(_filename));
+    if (!_settings._errorsOnly)
+        reportUnmatchedSuppressions(_settings.nomsg.getUnmatchedLocalSuppressions(_filename));
 
     _errorList.clear();
     return exitcode;