diff --git a/drivers/scsi/sd.c b/drivers/scsi/sd.c
index 9b63d5d7b73c..aa64e7de3525 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/sd.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/sd.c
@@ -3301,7 +3301,7 @@ static int sd_suspend_common(struct device *dev, bool ignore_stop_errors)
 		return 0;	/* this can happen */
 
 	if (sdkp->WCE && sdkp->media_present) {
-		sd_printk(KERN_NOTICE, sdkp, "Synchronizing SCSI cache\n");
+		sd_printk(KERN_DEBUG, sdkp, "Synchronizing SCSI cache\n");
 		ret = sd_sync_cache(sdkp);
 		if (ret) {
 			/* ignore OFFLINE device */
@@ -3312,7 +3312,7 @@ static int sd_suspend_common(struct device *dev, bool ignore_stop_errors)
 	}
 
 	if (sdkp->device->manage_start_stop) {
-		sd_printk(KERN_NOTICE, sdkp, "Stopping disk\n");
+		sd_printk(KERN_DEBUG, sdkp, "Stopping disk\n");
 		/* an error is not worth aborting a system sleep */
 		ret = sd_start_stop_device(sdkp, 0);
 		if (ignore_stop_errors)
@@ -3340,7 +3340,7 @@ static int sd_resume(struct device *dev)
 	if (!sdkp->device->manage_start_stop)
 		return 0;
 
-	sd_printk(KERN_NOTICE, sdkp, "Starting disk\n");
+	sd_printk(KERN_DEBUG, sdkp, "Starting disk\n");
 	return sd_start_stop_device(sdkp, 1);
 }