diff --git a/hw/usb/ccid-card-passthru.c b/hw/usb/ccid-card-passthru.c
index 7684db0cb370f8c93c56fa643a025a0a05b29cfb..25fb19b0d716170c4604b3bc6b470d34f9f060b8 100644
--- a/hw/usb/ccid-card-passthru.c
+++ b/hw/usb/ccid-card-passthru.c
@@ -345,7 +345,7 @@ static void passthru_realize(CCIDCardState *base, Error **errp)
     card->vscard_in_pos = 0;
     card->vscard_in_hdr = 0;
     if (qemu_chr_fe_backend_connected(&card->cs)) {
-        error_setg(errp, "ccid-card-passthru: initing chardev");
+        DPRINTF(card, D_INFO, "ccid-card-passthru: initing chardev");
         qemu_chr_fe_set_handlers(&card->cs,
             ccid_card_vscard_can_read,
             ccid_card_vscard_read,