diff --git a/lib/librte_ethdev/rte_ethdev.c b/lib/librte_ethdev/rte_ethdev.c
index 84e6b60cfd..8f48e8d659 100644
--- a/lib/librte_ethdev/rte_ethdev.c
+++ b/lib/librte_ethdev/rte_ethdev.c
@@ -1205,7 +1205,7 @@ validate_offloads(uint16_t port_id, uint64_t req_offloads,
 		/* Chech if offload couldn't be disabled. */
 		if (offload & set_offloads) {
 			RTE_ETHDEV_LOG(DEBUG,
-				"Port %u failed to disable %s offload %s\n",
+				"Port %u %s offload %s is not requested but enabled\n",
 				port_id, offload_type, offload_name(offload));
 		}