diff --git a/drivers/net/phy/phy.c b/drivers/net/phy/phy.c
index c7edcc09097b00e32c709e3328a2cccb93c31e26..ce69c195368c045f5b2f02acc93be47710ee627a 100644
--- a/drivers/net/phy/phy.c
+++ b/drivers/net/phy/phy.c
@@ -714,7 +714,7 @@ struct phy_device *phy_connect(struct mii_dev *bus, int addr,
 
 	phydev->dev = dev;
 
-	printf("%s connected to %s\n", dev->name, phydev->drv->name);
+	debug("%s connected to %s\n", dev->name, phydev->drv->name);
 
 	return phydev;
 }