diff --git a/lib/nvme/nvme_qpair.c b/lib/nvme/nvme_qpair.c
index 401ff017d..8ff2f70a4 100644
--- a/lib/nvme/nvme_qpair.c
+++ b/lib/nvme/nvme_qpair.c
@@ -667,7 +667,7 @@ nvme_qpair_resubmit_requests(struct spdk_nvme_qpair *qpair, uint32_t num_request
 		STAILQ_REMOVE_HEAD(&qpair->queued_req, stailq);
 		resubmit_rc = nvme_qpair_resubmit_request(qpair, req);
 		if (spdk_unlikely(resubmit_rc != 0)) {
-			SPDK_ERRLOG("Unable to resubmit as many requests as we completed.\n");
+			SPDK_DEBUGLOG(nvme, "Unable to resubmit as many requests as we completed.\n");
 			break;
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/test/unit/lib/nvme/nvme_qpair.c/nvme_qpair_ut.c b/test/unit/lib/nvme/nvme_qpair.c/nvme_qpair_ut.c
index 02c4ed170..d6e141aae 100644
--- a/test/unit/lib/nvme/nvme_qpair.c/nvme_qpair_ut.c
+++ b/test/unit/lib/nvme/nvme_qpair.c/nvme_qpair_ut.c
@@ -44,6 +44,8 @@ bool trace_flag = false;
 
 #include "nvme/nvme_qpair.c"
 
+SPDK_LOG_REGISTER_COMPONENT(nvme)
+
 struct nvme_driver _g_nvme_driver = {
 	.lock = PTHREAD_MUTEX_INITIALIZER,
 };