diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_ethtool.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_ethtool.c
index e994f4a13be1cfedfbfd07db6c9dd0a3f6a0bc14..5fe8ac07f0ec078179b5dad6b549745c0fa52be9 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_ethtool.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_ethtool.c
@@ -993,9 +993,7 @@ static int i40e_get_eeprom(struct net_device *netdev,
 
 		cmd = (struct i40e_nvm_access *)eeprom;
 		ret_val = i40e_nvmupd_command(hw, cmd, bytes, &errno);
-		if (ret_val &&
-		    ((hw->aq.asq_last_status != I40E_AQ_RC_EACCES) ||
-		     (hw->debug_mask & I40E_DEBUG_NVM)))
+		if (ret_val && (hw->debug_mask & I40E_DEBUG_NVM))
 			dev_info(&pf->pdev->dev,
 				 "NVMUpdate read failed err=%d status=0x%x errno=%d module=%d offset=0x%x size=%d\n",
 				 ret_val, hw->aq.asq_last_status, errno,
@@ -1099,10 +1097,7 @@ static int i40e_set_eeprom(struct net_device *netdev,
 
 	cmd = (struct i40e_nvm_access *)eeprom;
 	ret_val = i40e_nvmupd_command(hw, cmd, bytes, &errno);
-	if (ret_val &&
-	    ((hw->aq.asq_last_status != I40E_AQ_RC_EPERM &&
-	      hw->aq.asq_last_status != I40E_AQ_RC_EBUSY) ||
-	     (hw->debug_mask & I40E_DEBUG_NVM)))
+	if (ret_val && (hw->debug_mask & I40E_DEBUG_NVM))
 		dev_info(&pf->pdev->dev,
 			 "NVMUpdate write failed err=%d status=0x%x errno=%d module=%d offset=0x%x size=%d\n",
 			 ret_val, hw->aq.asq_last_status, errno,