diff --git a/player/playloop.c b/player/playloop.c
index 9ffeae6842..02908ed951 100644
--- a/player/playloop.c
+++ b/player/playloop.c
@@ -931,7 +931,9 @@ static void handle_playback_restart(struct MPContext *mpctx, double endpts)
             if (opts->playing_msg && opts->playing_msg[0]) {
                 char *msg =
                     mp_property_expand_escaped_string(mpctx, opts->playing_msg);
-                MP_INFO(mpctx, "%s\n", msg);
+                struct mp_log *log = mp_log_new(NULL, mpctx->log, "!term-msg");
+                mp_info(log, "%s\n", msg);
+                talloc_free(log);
                 talloc_free(msg);
             }
             if (opts->osd_playing_msg && opts->osd_playing_msg[0]) {