diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/xgmac_mdio.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/xgmac_mdio.c
index 98be51d8b08c..bfa2826c5545 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/xgmac_mdio.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/xgmac_mdio.c
@@ -229,7 +229,7 @@ static int xgmac_mdio_read(struct mii_bus *bus, int phy_id, int regnum)
 	/* Return all Fs if nothing was there */
 	if ((xgmac_read32(&regs->mdio_stat, endian) & MDIO_STAT_RD_ER) &&
 	    !priv->has_a011043) {
-		dev_err(&bus->dev,
+		dev_dbg(&bus->dev,
 			"Error while reading PHY%d reg at %d.%hhu\n",
 			phy_id, dev_addr, regnum);
 		return 0xffff;