diff --git a/src/boot/bootctl.c b/src/boot/bootctl.c
index b7af60c2c6..30cb64adee 100644
--- a/src/boot/bootctl.c
+++ b/src/boot/bootctl.c
@@ -586,7 +586,7 @@ static int print_efi_option(uint16_t id, int *n_printed, bool in_order) {
 
         r = efi_get_boot_option(id, &title, &partition, &path, &active);
         if (r < 0)
-                return log_error_errno(r, "Failed to read boot option 0x%04X: %m", id);
+                return log_debug_errno(r, "Failed to read boot option 0x%04X: %m", id);
 
         /* print only configured entries with partition information */
         if (!path || sd_id128_is_null(partition)) {