diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_adminq.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_adminq.c
index 5bb4914bda56bbb77082db8a256db6e2febe7a06..5dc12c4ecb24ad28b2987f25c957fe140f43684d 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_adminq.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_adminq.c
@@ -956,9 +956,6 @@ i40e_status i40e_clean_arq_element(struct i40e_hw *hw,
 	ntu = (rd32(hw, hw->aq.arq.head) & I40E_PF_ARQH_ARQH_MASK);
 	if (ntu == ntc) {
 		/* nothing to do - shouldn't need to update ring's values */
-		i40e_debug(hw,
-			   I40E_DEBUG_AQ_MESSAGE,
-			   "AQRX: Queue is empty.\n");
 		ret_code = I40E_ERR_ADMIN_QUEUE_NO_WORK;
 		goto clean_arq_element_out;
 	}
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40evf/i40e_adminq.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40evf/i40e_adminq.c
index d7e446f3e7a4d9f360c068430565ce9c436b4011..ff6305acf68a89ca34ffc45482d20ed71bed30e6 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40evf/i40e_adminq.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40evf/i40e_adminq.c
@@ -905,9 +905,6 @@ i40e_status i40evf_clean_arq_element(struct i40e_hw *hw,
 	ntu = (rd32(hw, hw->aq.arq.head) & I40E_PF_ARQH_ARQH_MASK);
 	if (ntu == ntc) {
 		/* nothing to do - shouldn't need to update ring's values */
-		i40e_debug(hw,
-			   I40E_DEBUG_AQ_MESSAGE,
-			   "AQRX: Queue is empty.\n");
 		ret_code = I40E_ERR_ADMIN_QUEUE_NO_WORK;
 		goto clean_arq_element_out;
 	}