diff --git a/sound/soc/sof/intel/hda-loader.c b/sound/soc/sof/intel/hda-loader.c
index d2be02dc2801..10b37e8ad30b 100644
--- a/sound/soc/sof/intel/hda-loader.c
+++ b/sound/soc/sof/intel/hda-loader.c
@@ -180,14 +180,9 @@ err:
 	flags = SOF_DBG_DUMP_REGS | SOF_DBG_DUMP_PCI | SOF_DBG_DUMP_MBOX |
 		SOF_DBG_DUMP_OPTIONAL;
 
-	/*
-	 * after max boot attempts make sure that the dump is printed and error
-	 * log level is used
-	 */
-	if (hda->boot_iteration == HDA_FW_BOOT_ATTEMPTS) {
-		flags |= SOF_DBG_DUMP_FORCE_ERR_LEVEL;
+	/* after max boot attempts make sure that the dump is printed */
+	if (hda->boot_iteration == HDA_FW_BOOT_ATTEMPTS)
 		flags &= ~SOF_DBG_DUMP_OPTIONAL;
-	}
 
 	snd_sof_dsp_dbg_dump(sdev, flags);
 	snd_sof_dsp_core_power_down(sdev, chip->host_managed_cores_mask);
@@ -421,7 +416,7 @@ int hda_dsp_cl_boot_firmware(struct snd_sof_dev *sdev)
 		dev_dbg(sdev->dev, "Firmware download successful, booting...\n");
 	} else {
 		snd_sof_dsp_dbg_dump(sdev, SOF_DBG_DUMP_REGS | SOF_DBG_DUMP_PCI |
-				     SOF_DBG_DUMP_MBOX | SOF_DBG_DUMP_FORCE_ERR_LEVEL);
+				     SOF_DBG_DUMP_MBOX);
 		dev_err(sdev->dev, "error: load fw failed ret: %d\n", ret);
 	}
 
diff --git a/sound/soc/sof/intel/hda.c b/sound/soc/sof/intel/hda.c
index 1463f3de01bc..c4dcab10e64b 100644
--- a/sound/soc/sof/intel/hda.c
+++ b/sound/soc/sof/intel/hda.c
@@ -532,8 +532,7 @@ static void hda_dsp_dump_ext_rom_status(struct snd_sof_dev *sdev, u32 flags)
 		len += snprintf(msg + len, sizeof(msg) - len, " 0x%x", value);
 	}
 
-	sof_dev_dbg_or_err(sdev->dev, flags & SOF_DBG_DUMP_FORCE_ERR_LEVEL,
-			   "extended rom status: %s", msg);
+	dev_err(sdev->dev, "error: extended rom status: %s", msg);
 
 }
 
diff --git a/sound/soc/sof/loader.c b/sound/soc/sof/loader.c
index babb96d685ae..b30cc653aeba 100644
--- a/sound/soc/sof/loader.c
+++ b/sound/soc/sof/loader.c
@@ -821,7 +821,7 @@ int snd_sof_run_firmware(struct snd_sof_dev *sdev)
 	if (ret < 0) {
 		dev_err(sdev->dev, "error: failed to start DSP\n");
 		snd_sof_dsp_dbg_dump(sdev, SOF_DBG_DUMP_REGS | SOF_DBG_DUMP_MBOX |
-				     SOF_DBG_DUMP_PCI | SOF_DBG_DUMP_FORCE_ERR_LEVEL);
+				     SOF_DBG_DUMP_PCI);
 		return ret;
 	}
 
@@ -837,7 +837,7 @@ int snd_sof_run_firmware(struct snd_sof_dev *sdev)
 	if (ret == 0) {
 		dev_err(sdev->dev, "error: firmware boot failure\n");
 		snd_sof_dsp_dbg_dump(sdev, SOF_DBG_DUMP_REGS | SOF_DBG_DUMP_MBOX |
-			SOF_DBG_DUMP_TEXT | SOF_DBG_DUMP_PCI | SOF_DBG_DUMP_FORCE_ERR_LEVEL);
+				     SOF_DBG_DUMP_TEXT | SOF_DBG_DUMP_PCI);
 		sdev->fw_state = SOF_FW_BOOT_FAILED;
 		return -EIO;
 	}
diff --git a/sound/soc/sof/sof-priv.h b/sound/soc/sof/sof-priv.h
index d20ead47be1b..5c1939339936 100644
--- a/sound/soc/sof/sof-priv.h
+++ b/sound/soc/sof/sof-priv.h
@@ -39,8 +39,7 @@
 #define SOF_DBG_DUMP_MBOX		BIT(1)
 #define SOF_DBG_DUMP_TEXT		BIT(2)
 #define SOF_DBG_DUMP_PCI		BIT(3)
-#define SOF_DBG_DUMP_FORCE_ERR_LEVEL	BIT(4) /* used to dump dsp status with error log level */
-#define SOF_DBG_DUMP_OPTIONAL		BIT(5) /* only dump if SOF_DBG_PRINT_ALL_DUMPS is set */
+#define SOF_DBG_DUMP_OPTIONAL		BIT(4) /* only dump if SOF_DBG_PRINT_ALL_DUMPS is set */
 
 /* global debug state set by SOF_DBG_ flags */
 extern int sof_core_debug;
@@ -593,13 +592,4 @@ int intel_pcm_close(struct snd_sof_dev *sdev,
 		    struct snd_pcm_substream *substream);
 
 int sof_machine_check(struct snd_sof_dev *sdev);
-
-#define sof_dev_dbg_or_err(dev, is_err, fmt, ...)			\
-	do {								\
-		if (is_err)						\
-			dev_err(dev, "error: " fmt, __VA_ARGS__);	\
-		else							\
-			dev_dbg(dev, fmt, __VA_ARGS__);			\
-	} while (0)
-
 #endif