diff --git a/lib/bdev/bdev.c b/lib/bdev/bdev.c
index 6c72787d2..469be5a53 100644
--- a/lib/bdev/bdev.c
+++ b/lib/bdev/bdev.c
@@ -1862,13 +1862,14 @@ spdk_bdev_open(struct spdk_bdev *bdev, bool write, spdk_bdev_remove_cb_t remove_
 
 	desc = calloc(1, sizeof(*desc));
 	if (desc == NULL) {
+		SPDK_ERRLOG("Failed to allocate memory for bdev descriptor\n");
 		return -ENOMEM;
 	}
 
 	pthread_mutex_lock(&bdev->mutex);
 
 	if (write && bdev->claim_module) {
-		SPDK_ERRLOG("failed, %s already claimed\n", bdev->name);
+		SPDK_INFOLOG(SPDK_TRACE_BDEV, "Could not open %s - already claimed\n", bdev->name);
 		free(desc);
 		pthread_mutex_unlock(&bdev->mutex);
 		return -EPERM;
diff --git a/lib/bdev/lvol/vbdev_lvol.c b/lib/bdev/lvol/vbdev_lvol.c
index 70db0b76b..fe1284e53 100644
--- a/lib/bdev/lvol/vbdev_lvol.c
+++ b/lib/bdev/lvol/vbdev_lvol.c
@@ -877,7 +877,7 @@ vbdev_lvs_examine(struct spdk_bdev *bdev)
 
 	bs_dev = spdk_bdev_create_bs_dev(bdev, vbdev_lvs_hotremove_cb, bdev);
 	if (!bs_dev) {
-		SPDK_ERRLOG("Cannot create bs dev\n");
+		SPDK_INFOLOG(SPDK_TRACE_VBDEV_LVOL, "Cannot create bs dev on %s\n", bdev->name);
 		spdk_bdev_module_examine_done(SPDK_GET_BDEV_MODULE(lvol));
 		free(req);
 		return;
diff --git a/lib/blob/bdev/blob_bdev.c b/lib/blob/bdev/blob_bdev.c
index 005447d55..6d1c4ef89 100644
--- a/lib/blob/bdev/blob_bdev.c
+++ b/lib/blob/bdev/blob_bdev.c
@@ -210,7 +210,6 @@ spdk_bdev_create_bs_dev(struct spdk_bdev *bdev, spdk_bdev_remove_cb_t remove_cb,
 
 	rc = spdk_bdev_open(bdev, true, remove_cb, remove_ctx, &desc);
 	if (rc != 0) {
-		SPDK_ERRLOG("could not open bdev, error=%d\n", rc);
 		free(b);
 		return NULL;
 	}