diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/emulex/benet/be_cmds.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/emulex/benet/be_cmds.c
index 5be100d1bc0ae4e935d302817a90dde5a91fe64d..d6685aba892fe2be97daa494baa7758a25488f8b 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/emulex/benet/be_cmds.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/emulex/benet/be_cmds.c
@@ -309,8 +309,6 @@ static void be_async_grp5_evt_process(struct be_adapter *adapter,
 		be_async_grp5_pvid_state_process(adapter, compl);
 		break;
 	default:
-		dev_warn(&adapter->pdev->dev, "Unknown grp5 event 0x%x!\n",
-			 event_type);
 		break;
 	}
 }
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/emulex/benet/be_ethtool.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/emulex/benet/be_ethtool.c
index 2fd38261bedb17c7ff8118a7ea7b9f6af090791c..ee565be91e0cebb071b95493423d30ce88ad340a 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/emulex/benet/be_ethtool.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/emulex/benet/be_ethtool.c
@@ -676,7 +676,7 @@ be_set_pauseparam(struct net_device *netdev, struct ethtool_pauseparam *ecmd)
 	status = be_cmd_set_flow_control(adapter,
 					 adapter->tx_fc, adapter->rx_fc);
 	if (status)
-		dev_warn(&adapter->pdev->dev, "Pause param set failed.\n");
+		dev_warn(&adapter->pdev->dev, "Pause param set failed\n");
 
 	return be_cmd_status(status);
 }
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/emulex/benet/be_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/emulex/benet/be_main.c
index 5b26c4c9ab2b4fb2b98bb868a611bf5aeffb41a3..f059b62d29b533741338d1340e5b04e12edb93dd 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/emulex/benet/be_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/emulex/benet/be_main.c
@@ -1093,6 +1093,7 @@ static int be_change_mtu(struct net_device *netdev, int new_mtu)
  */
 static int be_vid_config(struct be_adapter *adapter)
 {
+	struct device *dev = &adapter->pdev->dev;
 	u16 vids[BE_NUM_VLANS_SUPPORTED];
 	u16 num = 0, i = 0;
 	int status = 0;
@@ -1114,16 +1115,15 @@ static int be_vid_config(struct be_adapter *adapter)
 		if (addl_status(status) ==
 				MCC_ADDL_STATUS_INSUFFICIENT_RESOURCES)
 			goto set_vlan_promisc;
-		dev_err(&adapter->pdev->dev,
-			"Setting HW VLAN filtering failed.\n");
+		dev_err(dev, "Setting HW VLAN filtering failed\n");
 	} else {
 		if (adapter->flags & BE_FLAGS_VLAN_PROMISC) {
 			/* hw VLAN filtering re-enabled. */
 			status = be_cmd_rx_filter(adapter,
 						  BE_FLAGS_VLAN_PROMISC, OFF);
 			if (!status) {
-				dev_info(&adapter->pdev->dev,
-					 "Disabling VLAN Promiscuous mode.\n");
+				dev_info(dev,
+					 "Disabling VLAN Promiscuous mode\n");
 				adapter->flags &= ~BE_FLAGS_VLAN_PROMISC;
 			}
 		}
@@ -1137,11 +1137,10 @@ static int be_vid_config(struct be_adapter *adapter)
 
 	status = be_cmd_rx_filter(adapter, BE_FLAGS_VLAN_PROMISC, ON);
 	if (!status) {
-		dev_info(&adapter->pdev->dev, "Enable VLAN Promiscuous mode\n");
+		dev_info(dev, "Enable VLAN Promiscuous mode\n");
 		adapter->flags |= BE_FLAGS_VLAN_PROMISC;
 	} else
-		dev_err(&adapter->pdev->dev,
-			"Failed to enable VLAN Promiscuous mode.\n");
+		dev_err(dev, "Failed to enable VLAN Promiscuous mode\n");
 	return status;
 }
 
@@ -3387,7 +3386,7 @@ static int be_get_sriov_config(struct be_adapter *adapter)
 
 	if (!be_max_vfs(adapter)) {
 		if (num_vfs)
-			dev_warn(dev, "device doesn't support SRIOV\n");
+			dev_warn(dev, "SRIOV is disabled. Ignoring num_vfs\n");
 		adapter->num_vfs = 0;
 		return 0;
 	}
@@ -3661,7 +3660,7 @@ static int be_setup(struct be_adapter *adapter)
 	dev_info(dev, "FW version is %s\n", adapter->fw_ver);
 
 	if (BE2_chip(adapter) && fw_major_num(adapter->fw_ver) < 4) {
-		dev_err(dev, "Firmware on card is old(%s), IRQs may not work.",
+		dev_err(dev, "Firmware on card is old(%s), IRQs may not work",
 			adapter->fw_ver);
 		dev_err(dev, "Please upgrade firmware to version >= 4.0\n");
 	}