diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl3945-base.c b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl3945-base.c
index 8f8c4b73f8b9667a245f764360058be740f38b03..7edf8c2fb8c7c6072294854281ba40f416f1423a 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl3945-base.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl3945-base.c
@@ -4000,7 +4000,8 @@ static int iwl3945_pci_probe(struct pci_dev *pdev, const struct pci_device_id *e
 	 * "the hard way", rather than using device's scan.
 	 */
 	if (iwl3945_mod_params.disable_hw_scan) {
-		IWL_ERR(priv, "sw scan support is deprecated\n");
+		dev_printk(KERN_DEBUG, &(pdev->dev),
+			"sw scan support is deprecated\n");
 		iwl3945_hw_ops.hw_scan = NULL;
 	}