diff --git a/toolchain/helpers.mk b/toolchain/helpers.mk
index 030ddfda70..27a5470ca3 100644
--- a/toolchain/helpers.mk
+++ b/toolchain/helpers.mk
@@ -382,7 +382,7 @@ check_fortran = \
 	__CROSS_FC=$(strip $1) ; \
 	__o=$(BUILD_DIR)/.br-toolchain-test-fortran.tmp ; \
 	__HAS_FORTRAN=`printf 'program hello\n\tprint *, "Hello Fortran!\\\n"\nend program hello\n' | \
-		$${__CROSS_FC} -x f95 -ffree-form -o $${__o} - && echo y`; \
+		$${__CROSS_FC} -x f95 -ffree-form -o $${__o} - 2>/dev/null && echo y`; \
 	rm -f $${__o}* ; \
 	if [ "$${__HAS_FORTRAN}" != "y" -a "$(BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_FORTRAN)" = y ] ; then \
 		echo "Fortran support is selected but is not available in external toolchain" ; \