diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmfmac/common.c b/drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmfmac/common.c
index 33b133f7e63a..7a2b49587b4d 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmfmac/common.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmfmac/common.c
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ int brcmf_c_preinit_dcmds(struct brcmf_if *ifp)
 	strsep(&ptr, "\n");
 
 	/* Print fw version info */
-	brcmf_err("Firmware version = %s\n", buf);
+	brcmf_info("Firmware version = %s\n", buf);
 
 	/* locate firmware version number for ethtool */
 	ptr = strrchr(buf, ' ') + 1;
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmfmac/debug.h b/drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmfmac/debug.h
index 389166abb520..fe264a5798f1 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmfmac/debug.h
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmfmac/debug.h
@@ -59,6 +59,10 @@ void __brcmf_err(const char *func, const char *fmt, ...);
 	} while (0)
 
 #if defined(DEBUG) || defined(CONFIG_BRCM_TRACING)
+
+/* For debug/tracing purposes treat info messages as errors */
+#define brcmf_info brcmf_err
+
 __printf(3, 4)
 void __brcmf_dbg(u32 level, const char *func, const char *fmt, ...);
 #define brcmf_dbg(level, fmt, ...)				\
@@ -77,6 +81,11 @@ do {								\
 
 #else /* defined(DEBUG) || defined(CONFIG_BRCM_TRACING) */
 
+#define brcmf_info(fmt, ...)						\
+	do {								\
+		pr_info("%s: " fmt, __func__, ##__VA_ARGS__);		\
+	} while (0)
+
 #define brcmf_dbg(level, fmt, ...) no_printk(fmt, ##__VA_ARGS__)
 
 #define BRCMF_DATA_ON()		0