diff --git a/app/nvmf_tgt/nvmf_rpc.c b/app/nvmf_tgt/nvmf_rpc.c
index a561335a0..711e8e755 100644
--- a/app/nvmf_tgt/nvmf_rpc.c
+++ b/app/nvmf_tgt/nvmf_rpc.c
@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ decode_rpc_listen_address(const struct spdk_json_val *val, void *out)
 	if (spdk_json_decode_object(val, rpc_listen_address_decoders,
 				    sizeof(rpc_listen_address_decoders) / sizeof(*rpc_listen_address_decoders),
 				    req)) {
-		SPDK_TRACELOG(SPDK_TRACE_DEBUG, "spdk_json_decode_object failed\n");
+		SPDK_ERRLOG("spdk_json_decode_object failed\n");
 		return -1;
 	}
 	return 0;
@@ -302,7 +302,7 @@ spdk_rpc_construct_nvmf_subsystem(struct spdk_jsonrpc_server_conn *conn,
 	if (spdk_json_decode_object(params, rpc_subsystem_decoders,
 				    sizeof(rpc_subsystem_decoders) / sizeof(*rpc_subsystem_decoders),
 				    &req)) {
-		SPDK_TRACELOG(SPDK_TRACE_DEBUG, "spdk_json_decode_object failed\n");
+		SPDK_ERRLOG("spdk_json_decode_object failed\n");
 		goto invalid;
 	}
 
@@ -354,17 +354,17 @@ spdk_rpc_delete_nvmf_subsystem(struct spdk_jsonrpc_server_conn *conn,
 	if (spdk_json_decode_object(params, rpc_delete_subsystem_decoders,
 				    sizeof(rpc_delete_subsystem_decoders) / sizeof(*rpc_delete_subsystem_decoders),
 				    &req)) {
-		SPDK_TRACELOG(SPDK_TRACE_DEBUG, "spdk_json_decode_object failed\n");
+		SPDK_ERRLOG("spdk_json_decode_object failed\n");
 		goto invalid;
 	}
 
 	if (req.nqn == NULL) {
-		SPDK_TRACELOG(SPDK_TRACE_DEBUG, "missing name param\n");
+		SPDK_ERRLOG("missing name param\n");
 		goto invalid;
 	}
 
 	if (nvmf_tgt_shutdown_subsystem_by_nqn(req.nqn)) {
-		SPDK_TRACELOG(SPDK_TRACE_DEBUG, "shutdown_subsystem failed\n");
+		SPDK_ERRLOG("shutdown_subsystem failed\n");
 		goto invalid;
 	}
 
diff --git a/app/nvmf_tgt/nvmf_tgt.c b/app/nvmf_tgt/nvmf_tgt.c
index 503f1f649..0df190787 100644
--- a/app/nvmf_tgt/nvmf_tgt.c
+++ b/app/nvmf_tgt/nvmf_tgt.c
@@ -239,7 +239,7 @@ nvmf_tgt_create_subsystem(int num, const char *name, enum spdk_nvmf_subtype subt
 	app_subsys->subsystem = subsystem;
 	app_subsys->lcore = lcore;
 
-	SPDK_TRACELOG(SPDK_TRACE_NVMF, "allocated subsystem %p on lcore %u\n", subsystem, lcore);
+	SPDK_NOTICELOG("allocated subsystem %s on lcore %u\n", name, lcore);
 
 	TAILQ_INSERT_TAIL(&g_subsystems, app_subsys, tailq);