diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt.c
index 6e45a00905b93a7d10754ca0c0d0ed140a362799..48a7bbc7cc255542961048ad1eff210cc960182b 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt.c
@@ -2608,7 +2608,8 @@ void bnxt_hwrm_cmd_hdr_init(struct bnxt *bp, void *request, u16 req_type,
 	req->resp_addr = cpu_to_le64(bp->hwrm_cmd_resp_dma_addr);
 }
 
-int _hwrm_send_message(struct bnxt *bp, void *msg, u32 msg_len, int timeout)
+static int bnxt_hwrm_do_send_msg(struct bnxt *bp, void *msg, u32 msg_len,
+				 int timeout, bool silent)
 {
 	int i, intr_process, rc;
 	struct input *req = msg;
@@ -2686,13 +2687,16 @@ int _hwrm_send_message(struct bnxt *bp, void *msg, u32 msg_len, int timeout)
 	}
 
 	rc = le16_to_cpu(resp->error_code);
-	if (rc) {
+	if (rc && !silent)
 		netdev_err(bp->dev, "hwrm req_type 0x%x seq id 0x%x error 0x%x\n",
 			   le16_to_cpu(resp->req_type),
 			   le16_to_cpu(resp->seq_id), rc);
-		return rc;
-	}
-	return 0;
+	return rc;
+}
+
+int _hwrm_send_message(struct bnxt *bp, void *msg, u32 msg_len, int timeout)
+{
+	return bnxt_hwrm_do_send_msg(bp, msg, msg_len, timeout, false);
 }
 
 int hwrm_send_message(struct bnxt *bp, void *msg, u32 msg_len, int timeout)