diff --git a/external/bsd/libarchive/dist/tar/write.c b/external/bsd/libarchive/dist/tar/write.c
index 09c44a3e747b..1c4fcb43b6a4 100644
--- a/external/bsd/libarchive/dist/tar/write.c
+++ b/external/bsd/libarchive/dist/tar/write.c
@@ -971,16 +971,15 @@ write_entry(struct bsdtar *bsdtar, struct archive *a,
 
 	e = archive_write_header(a, entry);
 	if (e != ARCHIVE_OK) {
-		if (bsdtar->verbose > 1) {
+		if (bsdtar->verbose > 0) {
 			safe_fprintf(stderr, "a ");
 			list_item_verbose(bsdtar, stderr, entry);
 			lafe_warnc(0, ": %s", archive_error_string(a));
-		} else if (bsdtar->verbose > 0) {
+		} else {
 			lafe_warnc(0, "%s: %s",
 			    archive_entry_pathname(entry),
 			    archive_error_string(a));
-		} else
-			fprintf(stderr, ": %s", archive_error_string(a));
+		}
 	}
 
 	if (e == ARCHIVE_FATAL)