diff --git a/hw/ppc/spapr_pci.c b/hw/ppc/spapr_pci.c
index 88797b3d36..695c820911 100644
--- a/hw/ppc/spapr_pci.c
+++ b/hw/ppc/spapr_pci.c
@@ -1696,9 +1696,9 @@ static void spapr_phb_realize(DeviceState *dev, Error **errp)
     /* DMA setup */
     if (((sphb->page_size_mask & qemu_getrampagesize()) == 0)
         && kvm_enabled()) {
-        error_report("System page size 0x%lx is not enabled in page_size_mask "
-                     "(0x%"PRIx64"). Performance may be slow",
-                     qemu_getrampagesize(), sphb->page_size_mask);
+        warn_report("System page size 0x%lx is not enabled in page_size_mask "
+                    "(0x%"PRIx64"). Performance may be slow",
+                    qemu_getrampagesize(), sphb->page_size_mask);
     }
 
     for (i = 0; i < windows_supported; ++i) {
diff --git a/hw/ppc/spapr_pci_vfio.c b/hw/ppc/spapr_pci_vfio.c
index 8448e0b024..1f775ea93d 100644
--- a/hw/ppc/spapr_pci_vfio.c
+++ b/hw/ppc/spapr_pci_vfio.c
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ static Property spapr_phb_vfio_properties[] = {
 static void spapr_phb_vfio_instance_init(Object *obj)
 {
     if (!qtest_enabled()) {
-        error_report("spapr-pci-vfio-host-bridge is deprecated");
+        warn_report("spapr-pci-vfio-host-bridge is deprecated");
     }
 }