diff --git a/c10/core/impl/alloc_cpu.cpp b/c10/core/impl/alloc_cpu.cpp
index f976e7b745e..b252f28a751 100644
--- a/c10/core/impl/alloc_cpu.cpp
+++ b/c10/core/impl/alloc_cpu.cpp
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 #include <c10/util/Flags.h>
 #include <c10/util/Logging.h>
 #include <c10/util/env.h>
+#include <c10/util/error.h>
 #include <c10/util/irange.h>
 #include <c10/util/numa.h>
 
@@ -121,7 +122,7 @@ void* alloc_cpu(size_t nbytes) {
       " bytes. Error code ",
       err,
       " (",
-      strerror(err),
+      c10::utils::str_error(err),
       ")");
   if (is_thp_alloc(nbytes)) {
 #ifdef __linux__
@@ -129,7 +130,9 @@ void* alloc_cpu(size_t nbytes) {
     // general posix compliant systems can check POSIX_MADV_SEQUENTIAL advise.
     int ret = madvise(data, nbytes, MADV_HUGEPAGE);
     if (ret != 0) {
-      TORCH_WARN_ONCE("thp madvise for HUGEPAGE failed with ", strerror(errno));
+      TORCH_WARN_ONCE(
+          "thp madvise for HUGEPAGE failed with ",
+          c10::utils::str_error(errno));
     }
 #endif
   }