diff --git a/sys/kern/uipc_ktls.c b/sys/kern/uipc_ktls.c
index 5125061e087..1fd1eca39b5 100644
--- a/sys/kern/uipc_ktls.c
+++ b/sys/kern/uipc_ktls.c
@@ -495,7 +495,8 @@ ktls_init(void *dummy __unused)
 		}
 	}
 
-	printf("KTLS: Initialized %d threads\n", ktls_number_threads);
+	if (bootverbose)
+		printf("KTLS: Initialized %d threads\n", ktls_number_threads);
 }
 SYSINIT(ktls, SI_SUB_SMP + 1, SI_ORDER_ANY, ktls_init, NULL);