diff --git a/drivers/spi/spi-atmel.c b/drivers/spi/spi-atmel.c
index 0e5e64a80848..948396b382d7 100644
--- a/drivers/spi/spi-atmel.c
+++ b/drivers/spi/spi-atmel.c
@@ -512,8 +512,8 @@ static int atmel_spi_configure_dma(struct spi_master *master,
 
 	master->dma_tx = dma_request_chan(dev, "tx");
 	if (IS_ERR(master->dma_tx)) {
-		err = dev_err_probe(dev, PTR_ERR(master->dma_tx),
-				    "No TX DMA channel, DMA is disabled\n");
+		err = PTR_ERR(master->dma_tx);
+		dev_dbg(dev, "No TX DMA channel, DMA is disabled\n");
 		goto error_clear;
 	}
 
@@ -524,7 +524,7 @@ static int atmel_spi_configure_dma(struct spi_master *master,
 		 * No reason to check EPROBE_DEFER here since we have already
 		 * requested tx channel.
 		 */
-		dev_err(dev, "No RX DMA channel, DMA is disabled\n");
+		dev_dbg(dev, "No RX DMA channel, DMA is disabled\n");
 		goto error;
 	}