diff --git a/src/menu/menudef.cpp b/src/menu/menudef.cpp
index 239366dcf..a9fd42773 100644
--- a/src/menu/menudef.cpp
+++ b/src/menu/menudef.cpp
@@ -413,7 +413,7 @@ static void ParseListMenuBody(FScanner &sc, DListMenuDescriptor *desc)
 							auto f = TexMan.CheckForTexture(sc.String, FTexture::TEX_MiscPatch);
 							if (!f.Exists())
 							{
-								sc.ScriptError("Unknown texture %s", sc.String);
+								sc.ScriptMessage("Unknown texture %s", sc.String);
 							}
 							params.Push(f.GetIndex());
 						}