diff --git a/kernel/cgroup.c b/kernel/cgroup.c
index 6b33631251b9a..122ec55433352 100644
--- a/kernel/cgroup.c
+++ b/kernel/cgroup.c
@@ -5169,7 +5169,7 @@ static void __init cgroup_init_subsys(struct cgroup_subsys *ss, bool early)
 {
 	struct cgroup_subsys_state *css;
 
-	printk(KERN_INFO "Initializing cgroup subsys %s\n", ss->name);
+	pr_debug("Initializing cgroup subsys %s\n", ss->name);
 
 	mutex_lock(&cgroup_mutex);