diff --git a/src/drivers/px4io/px4io.cpp b/src/drivers/px4io/px4io.cpp
index 0579c75643..05dd143433 100644
--- a/src/drivers/px4io/px4io.cpp
+++ b/src/drivers/px4io/px4io.cpp
@@ -3016,7 +3016,7 @@ PX4IO::ioctl(file *filep, int cmd, unsigned long arg)
 		ret = io_reg_set(PX4IO_PAGE_SETUP, PX4IO_P_SETUP_FORCE_SAFETY_ON, PX4IO_FORCE_SAFETY_MAGIC);
 
 		if (ret != PX4_OK) {
-			PX4_ERR("IO refused to re-enable safety");
+			PX4_WARN("IO refused to re-enable safety");
 		}
 
 		// set new status
@@ -3027,7 +3027,7 @@ PX4IO::ioctl(file *filep, int cmd, unsigned long arg)
 		ret = io_reg_set(PX4IO_PAGE_SETUP, PX4IO_P_SETUP_REBOOT_BL, arg);
 
 		if (ret != PX4_OK) {
-			PX4_ERR("IO refused to reboot");
+			PX4_WARN("IO refused to reboot");
 		}
 
 		break;
@@ -3292,7 +3292,7 @@ checkcrc(int argc, char *argv[])
 	}
 
 	if (ret != OK) {
-		PX4_ERR("check CRC failed: %d, CRC: %" PRIu32, ret, fw_crc);
+		PX4_WARN("check CRC failed: %d, CRC: %" PRIu32, ret, fw_crc);
 		exit(1);
 
 	} else {
@@ -3498,7 +3498,7 @@ px4io_main(int argc, char *argv[])
 			g_dev = nullptr;
 
 			if (ret != OK) {
-				PX4_ERR("reboot failed - %d, still attempting upgrade", ret);
+				PX4_WARN("reboot failed - %d, still attempting upgrade", ret);
 			}
 
 			PX4IO_Uploader *up;