diff --git a/src/modules/systemlib/param/param_shmem.c b/src/modules/systemlib/param/param_shmem.c
index 4dc17a2032..d24a04a2e9 100644
--- a/src/modules/systemlib/param/param_shmem.c
+++ b/src/modules/systemlib/param/param_shmem.c
@@ -1170,7 +1170,8 @@ param_import_callback(bson_decoder_t decoder, void *private, bson_node_t node)
 	switch (node->type) {
 	case BSON_INT32:
 		if (param_type(param) != PARAM_TYPE_INT32) {
-			PX4_DEBUG("unexpected type for '%s", node->name);
+			PX4_WARN("unexpected type for %s", node->name);
+			result = 1; // just skip this entry
 			goto out;
 		}
 
@@ -1181,7 +1182,8 @@ param_import_callback(bson_decoder_t decoder, void *private, bson_node_t node)
 
 	case BSON_DOUBLE:
 		if (param_type(param) != PARAM_TYPE_FLOAT) {
-			PX4_DEBUG("unexpected type for '%s", node->name);
+			PX4_WARN("unexpected type for %s", node->name);
+			result = 1; // just skip this entry
 			goto out;
 		}
 
@@ -1192,12 +1194,14 @@ param_import_callback(bson_decoder_t decoder, void *private, bson_node_t node)
 
 	case BSON_BINDATA:
 		if (node->subtype != BSON_BIN_BINARY) {
-			PX4_DEBUG("unexpected subtype for '%s", node->name);
+			PX4_WARN("unexpected type for %s", node->name);
+			result = 1; // just skip this entry
 			goto out;
 		}
 
 		if (bson_decoder_data_pending(decoder) != param_size(param)) {
-			PX4_DEBUG("bad size for '%s'", node->name);
+			PX4_WARN("bad size for '%s'", node->name);
+			result = 1; // just skip this entry
 			goto out;
 		}