diff --git a/drivers/base/firmware_loader/main.c b/drivers/base/firmware_loader/main.c
index 8e9213b36e31371aed574de0252366f171e6104f..94ed1b4ea80c1ce554a1b13a10e27cba53e3685b 100644
--- a/drivers/base/firmware_loader/main.c
+++ b/drivers/base/firmware_loader/main.c
@@ -587,7 +587,7 @@ _request_firmware(const struct firmware **firmware_p, const char *name,
 	ret = fw_get_filesystem_firmware(device, fw->priv);
 	if (ret) {
 		if (!(opt_flags & FW_OPT_NO_WARN))
-			dev_warn(device,
+			dev_dbg(device,
 				 "Direct firmware load for %s failed with error %d\n",
 				 name, ret);
 		ret = firmware_fallback_sysfs(fw, name, device, opt_flags, ret);
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/core.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/core.c
index 5210cffb53440bfc249403051eb5e4458ab17125..a551138085e7059345fd9597b48c9479bc249e10 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/core.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/core.c
@@ -2557,7 +2557,7 @@ static int ath10k_core_probe_fw(struct ath10k *ar)
 
 	ret = ath10k_core_fetch_firmware_files(ar);
 	if (ret) {
-		ath10k_err(ar, "could not fetch firmware files (%d)\n", ret);
+		ath10k_dbg(ar, "could not fetch firmware files (%d)\n", ret);
 		goto err_power_down;
 	}