diff --git a/fs/cifs/cifs_dfs_ref.c b/fs/cifs/cifs_dfs_ref.c
index 8d8f28c94c0..6873bb634a9 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/cifs_dfs_ref.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/cifs_dfs_ref.c
@@ -141,10 +141,11 @@ char *cifs_compose_mount_options(const char *sb_mountdata,
 
 	rc = dns_resolve_server_name_to_ip(*devname, &srvIP);
 	if (rc < 0) {
-		cERROR(1, "%s: Failed to resolve server part of %s to IP: %d",
-			  __func__, *devname, rc);
+		cFYI(1, "%s: Failed to resolve server part of %s to IP: %d",
+			__func__, *devname, rc);
 		goto compose_mount_options_err;
 	}
+
 	/* md_len = strlen(...) + 12 for 'sep+prefixpath='
 	 * assuming that we have 'unc=' and 'ip=' in
 	 * the original sb_mountdata
diff --git a/fs/cifs/dns_resolve.c b/fs/cifs/dns_resolve.c
index 548f06230a6..1d2d91d9bf6 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/dns_resolve.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/dns_resolve.c
@@ -79,8 +79,8 @@ dns_resolve_server_name_to_ip(const char *unc, char **ip_addr)
 	/* Perform the upcall */
 	rc = dns_query(NULL, hostname, len, NULL, ip_addr, NULL);
 	if (rc < 0)
-		cERROR(1, "%s: unable to resolve: %*.*s",
-		       __func__, len, len, hostname);
+		cFYI(1, "%s: unable to resolve: %*.*s",
+			__func__, len, len, hostname);
 	else
 		cFYI(1, "%s: resolved: %*.*s to %s",
 		     __func__, len, len, hostname, *ip_addr);