diff --git a/net/core/dev.c b/net/core/dev.c
index 6df2140..84f01ba 100644
--- a/net/core/dev.c
+++ b/net/core/dev.c
@@ -1136,8 +1136,8 @@
 		no_module = request_module("netdev-%s", name);
 	if (no_module && capable(CAP_SYS_MODULE)) {
 		if (!request_module("%s", name))
-			pr_err("Loading kernel module for a network device with CAP_SYS_MODULE (deprecated).  Use CAP_NET_ADMIN and alias netdev-%s instead.\n",
-			       name);
+			pr_warn("Loading kernel module for a network device with CAP_SYS_MODULE (deprecated).  Use CAP_NET_ADMIN and alias netdev-%s instead.\n",
+				name);
 	}
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(dev_load);