diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_ethtool.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_ethtool.c
index cc269f9db99f338ba49cbed3982fc3922ebc2a01..616d27ec3226354a37cd705079e3717e9b634d00 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_ethtool.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_ethtool.c
@@ -1287,8 +1287,10 @@ static int i40e_set_link_ksettings(struct net_device *netdev,
 	 * trying to set something that we do not support.
 	 */
 	if (memcmp(&copy_ks.base, &safe_ks.base,
-		   sizeof(struct ethtool_link_settings)))
+		   sizeof(struct ethtool_link_settings))) {
+		netdev_err(netdev, "Only speed and autoneg are supported.\n");
 		return -EOPNOTSUPP;
+	}
 
 	while (test_and_set_bit(__I40E_CONFIG_BUSY, pf->state)) {
 		timeout--;