diff --git a/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/gk20a/channel_gk20a.c b/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/gk20a/channel_gk20a.c
index f70c4bb77..a73a314ca 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/gk20a/channel_gk20a.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/gk20a/channel_gk20a.c
@@ -2081,7 +2081,6 @@ int gk20a_submit_channel_gpfifo(struct channel_gk20a *c,
 	}
 
 	if (err) {
-		gk20a_err(d, "timeout waiting for gpfifo space");
 		err = -ENOSPC;
 		goto clean_up;
 	}
@@ -2279,7 +2278,7 @@ int gk20a_submit_channel_gpfifo(struct channel_gk20a *c,
 	return err;
 
 clean_up:
-	gk20a_err(d, "fail");
+	gk20a_dbg_fn("fail");
 	free_priv_cmdbuf(c, wait_cmd);
 	free_priv_cmdbuf(c, incr_cmd);
 	gk20a_fence_put(pre_fence);
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/gk20a/channel_sync_gk20a.c b/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/gk20a/channel_sync_gk20a.c
index 011c980ea..10f1213bc 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/gk20a/channel_sync_gk20a.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/gk20a/channel_sync_gk20a.c
@@ -204,11 +204,8 @@ static int __gk20a_channel_syncpt_incr(struct gk20a_channel_sync *s,
 		incr_cmd_size += 2;
 
 	err = gk20a_channel_alloc_priv_cmdbuf(c, incr_cmd_size, &incr_cmd);
-	if (err) {
-		gk20a_err(dev_from_gk20a(c->g),
-				"not enough priv cmd buffer space");
+	if (err)
 		return err;
-	}
 
 	off = incr_cmd->off;