diff --git a/nbd/common.c b/nbd/common.c
index 6b5c1b7b0246e60804ed22277c1cf3666db964c5..4dab41e2c06792a00ca804abb1728df4dd52c275 100644
--- a/nbd/common.c
+++ b/nbd/common.c
@@ -97,9 +97,7 @@ void nbd_tls_handshake(QIOTask *task,
 {
     struct NBDTLSHandshakeData *data = opaque;
 
-    if (qio_task_propagate_error(task, &data->error)) {
-        TRACE("TLS failed %s", error_get_pretty(data->error));
-    }
+    qio_task_propagate_error(task, &data->error);
     data->complete = true;
     g_main_loop_quit(data->loop);
 }