diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/cmd.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/cmd.c
index 02a2e90d581a4..436c82f64304d 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/cmd.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/cmd.c
@@ -580,8 +580,18 @@ static int mlx4_cmd_wait(struct mlx4_dev *dev, u64 in_param, u64 *out_param,
 
 	err = context->result;
 	if (err) {
-		mlx4_err(dev, "command 0x%x failed: fw status = 0x%x\n",
-			 op, context->fw_status);
+		/* Since we do not want to have this error message always
+		 * displayed at driver start when there are ConnectX2 HCAs
+		 * on the host, we deprecate the error message for this
+		 * specific command/input_mod/opcode_mod/fw-status to be debug.
+		 */
+		if (op == MLX4_CMD_SET_PORT && in_modifier == 1 &&
+		    op_modifier == 0 && context->fw_status == CMD_STAT_BAD_SIZE)
+			mlx4_dbg(dev, "command 0x%x failed: fw status = 0x%x\n",
+				 op, context->fw_status);
+		else
+			mlx4_err(dev, "command 0x%x failed: fw status = 0x%x\n",
+				 op, context->fw_status);
 		goto out;
 	}