diff --git a/sys/dev/acpica/acpi_cpu.c b/sys/dev/acpica/acpi_cpu.c
index 2be10d3ea83c..4d7573d9b7d2 100644
--- a/sys/dev/acpica/acpi_cpu.c
+++ b/sys/dev/acpica/acpi_cpu.c
@@ -308,6 +308,11 @@ acpi_cpu_probe(device_t dev)
     acpi_set_private(dev, (void*)(intptr_t)cpu_id);
     device_set_desc(dev, "ACPI CPU");
 
+    if (!bootverbose && device_get_unit(dev) != 0) {
+	    device_quiet(dev);
+	    device_quiet_children(dev);
+    }
+
     return (0);
 }