diff --git a/dsp/q6asm.c b/dsp/q6asm.c
index 11b307a18439..08efe1acd9fc 100644
--- a/dsp/q6asm.c
+++ b/dsp/q6asm.c
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2012-2019, The Linux Foundation. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 2012-2020, The Linux Foundation. All rights reserved.
  * Author: Brian Swetland <swetland@google.com>
  *
  * This software is licensed under the terms of the GNU General Public
@@ -2552,7 +2552,7 @@ void *q6asm_is_cpu_buf_avail(int dir, struct audio_client *ac, uint32_t *size,
 			/* To make it more robust, we could loop and get the
 			 * next avail buf, its risky though
 			 */
-			pr_err("%s: Next buf idx[0x%x] not available, dir[%d]\n",
+			pr_debug("%s: Next buf idx[0x%x] not available, dir[%d]\n",
 			 __func__, idx, dir);
 			mutex_unlock(&port->lock);
 			return NULL;