diff --git a/fs/lockd/xdr.c b/fs/lockd/xdr.c
index 5316e307a49d..633653bff944 100644
--- a/fs/lockd/xdr.c
+++ b/fs/lockd/xdr.c
@@ -62,8 +62,9 @@ static __be32 *nlm_decode_cookie(__be32 *p, struct nlm_cookie *c)
 	}
 	else 
 	{
-		printk(KERN_NOTICE
-			"lockd: bad cookie size %d (only cookies under %d bytes are supported.)\n", len, NLM_MAXCOOKIELEN);
+		dprintk("lockd: bad cookie size %d (only cookies under "
+			"%d bytes are supported.)\n",
+				len, NLM_MAXCOOKIELEN);
 		return NULL;
 	}
 	return p;
@@ -84,8 +85,7 @@ nlm_decode_fh(__be32 *p, struct nfs_fh *f)
 	unsigned int	len;
 
 	if ((len = ntohl(*p++)) != NFS2_FHSIZE) {
-		printk(KERN_NOTICE
-			"lockd: bad fhandle size %d (should be %d)\n",
+		dprintk("lockd: bad fhandle size %d (should be %d)\n",
 			len, NFS2_FHSIZE);
 		return NULL;
 	}
diff --git a/fs/lockd/xdr4.c b/fs/lockd/xdr4.c
index 846fc1d639dd..43ff9397e6c6 100644
--- a/fs/lockd/xdr4.c
+++ b/fs/lockd/xdr4.c
@@ -64,8 +64,9 @@ nlm4_decode_cookie(__be32 *p, struct nlm_cookie *c)
 	}
 	else 
 	{
-		printk(KERN_NOTICE
-			"lockd: bad cookie size %d (only cookies under %d bytes are supported.)\n", len, NLM_MAXCOOKIELEN);
+		dprintk("lockd: bad cookie size %d (only cookies under "
+			"%d bytes are supported.)\n",
+				len, NLM_MAXCOOKIELEN);
 		return NULL;
 	}
 	return p;
@@ -86,8 +87,7 @@ nlm4_decode_fh(__be32 *p, struct nfs_fh *f)
 	memset(f->data, 0, sizeof(f->data));
 	f->size = ntohl(*p++);
 	if (f->size > NFS_MAXFHSIZE) {
-		printk(KERN_NOTICE
-			"lockd: bad fhandle size %d (should be <=%d)\n",
+		dprintk("lockd: bad fhandle size %d (should be <=%d)\n",
 			f->size, NFS_MAXFHSIZE);
 		return NULL;
 	}