1 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/net/core/dev.c b/net/core/dev.c
index 6df214041a5e..84f01ba81a34 100644
--- a/net/core/dev.c
+++ b/net/core/dev.c
@@ -1136,8 +1136,8 @@ void dev_load(struct net *net, const char *name)
                 no_module = request_module("netdev-%s", name);
         if (no_module && capable(CAP_SYS_MODULE)) {
                 if (!request_module("%s", name))
-                        pr_err("Loading kernel module for a network device with CAP_SYS_MODULE (deprecated).  Use CAP_NET_ADMIN and alias netdev-%s instead.\n",
-                               name);
+                        pr_warn("Loading kernel module for a network device with CAP_SYS_MODULE (deprecated).  Use CAP_NET_ADMIN and alias netdev-%s instead.\n",
+                                name);
         }
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(dev_load);