diff --git a/app/gimp-update.c b/app/gimp-update.c
index cd5341a1b1..69cc07e2a6 100644
--- a/app/gimp-update.c
+++ b/app/gimp-update.c
@@ -415,17 +415,25 @@ gimp_check_updates_callback (GObject      *source,
       gchar *uri = g_file_get_uri (G_FILE (source));
 
 #ifndef GIMP_CONSOLE_COMPILATION
+      if (error->domain == G_IO_ERROR &&
+          error->code == G_IO_ERROR_NOT_SUPPORTED)
+        {
 #ifndef G_OS_WIN32
-      g_message ("%s: loading of %s failed: %s\n\n%s",
-                 G_STRFUNC, uri, error->message,
-                 _("Perhaps you are missing GIO backends and need "
-                   "to install GVFS?"));
+          g_message ("%s: loading of %s failed: %s\n\n%s",
+                     G_STRFUNC, uri, error->message,
+                     _("Perhaps you are missing GIO backends and need "
+                       "to install GVFS?"));
 #else
-      g_message ("%s: loading of %s failed: %s\n\n%s",
-                 G_STRFUNC, uri, error->message,
-                 _("Perhaps you are missing GIO backends."));
+          g_message ("%s: loading of %s failed: %s\n\n%s",
+                     G_STRFUNC, uri, error->message,
+                     _("Perhaps you are missing GIO backends."));
 #endif /* G_OS_WIN32 */
-    
+        }
+      else
+        {
+          g_printerr ("%s: loading of %s failed: %s\n", G_STRFUNC,
+                      uri, error->message);
+        }
 #else
       g_printerr ("%s: loading of %s failed: %s\n", G_STRFUNC,
                   uri, error->message);