diff --git a/src/op_mode/image_installer.py b/src/op_mode/image_installer.py
index 1da11267395..e346dfbd0dd 100755
--- a/src/op_mode/image_installer.py
+++ b/src/op_mode/image_installer.py
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@
 MSG_ERR_NO_DISK: str = 'No suitable disk was found. There must be at least one disk of 2GB or greater size.'
 MSG_ERR_IMPROPER_IMAGE: str = 'Missing sha256sum.txt.\nEither this image is corrupted, or of era 1.2.x (md5sum) and would downgrade image tools;\ndisallowed in either case.'
 MSG_ERR_ARCHITECTURE_MISMATCH: str = 'Upgrading to a different image architecture will break your system.'
+MSG_ERR_FLAVOR_MISMATCH: str = 'The current image flavor is "{0}", the new image is "{1}". Upgrading to a non-matching flavor can have unpredictable consequences.'
 MSG_INFO_INSTALL_WELCOME: str = 'Welcome to VyOS installation!\nThis command will install VyOS to your permanent storage.'
 MSG_INFO_INSTALL_EXIT: str = 'Exiting from VyOS installation'
 MSG_INFO_INSTALL_SUCCESS: str = 'The image installed successfully; please reboot now.'
@@ -79,7 +80,6 @@
 MSG_WARN_IMAGE_NAME_WRONG: str = 'The suggested name is unsupported!\n'\
 'It must be between 1 and 64 characters long and contains only the next characters: .+-_ a-z A-Z 0-9'
 MSG_WARN_PASSWORD_CONFIRM: str = 'The entered values did not match. Try again'
-MSG_WARN_FLAVOR_MISMATCH: str = 'The running image flavor is "{0}". The new image flavor is "{1}".\n' \
 'Installing a different image flavor may cause functionality degradation or break your system.\n' \
 'Do you want to continue with installation?'
 CONST_MIN_DISK_SIZE: int = 2147483648  # 2 GB
@@ -721,9 +721,9 @@ def validate_compatibility(iso_path: str) -> None:
         exit(MSG_INFO_INSTALL_EXIT)
 
     if not old_flavor == new_flavor:
-        if not ask_yes_no(MSG_WARN_FLAVOR_MISMATCH.format(old_flavor, new_flavor), default=False):
-            cleanup()
-            exit(MSG_INFO_INSTALL_EXIT)
+        print(MSG_ERR_FLAVOR_MISMATCH.format(old_flavor, new_flavor))
+        cleanup()
+        exit(MSG_INFO_INSTALL_EXIT)
 
 
 def install_image() -> None: