diff --git a/sys/dev/mlx5/mlx5_en/mlx5_en_main.c b/sys/dev/mlx5/mlx5_en/mlx5_en_main.c
index 791e278daaf..ccbdf11a1dd 100644
--- a/sys/dev/mlx5/mlx5_en/mlx5_en_main.c
+++ b/sys/dev/mlx5/mlx5_en/mlx5_en_main.c
@@ -3687,9 +3687,11 @@ out:
 		/* Check if module is present before doing an access */
 		module_status = mlx5_query_module_status(priv->mdev, module_num);
 		if (module_status != MLX5_MODULE_STATUS_PLUGGED_ENABLED) {
-			mlx5_en_err(ifp,
-			    "Query module %d status: not plugged (%d), eeprom reading is not supported\n",
-			    module_num, module_status);
+			if (bootverbose)
+				mlx5_en_err(ifp,
+				    "Query module %d status: not plugged (%d), "
+				    "eeprom reading is not supported\n",
+				    module_num, module_status);
 			error = EINVAL;
 			goto err_i2c;
 		}