diff --git a/hw/usb/bus.c b/hw/usb/bus.c
index b10c290cf4..d1827be101 100644
--- a/hw/usb/bus.c
+++ b/hw/usb/bus.c
@@ -417,19 +417,47 @@ void usb_release_port(USBDevice *dev)
     bus->nfree++;
 }
 
+static void usb_mask_to_str(char *dest, size_t size,
+                            unsigned int speedmask)
+{
+    static const struct {
+        unsigned int mask;
+        const char *name;
+    } speeds[] = {
+        { .mask = USB_SPEED_MASK_FULL,  .name = "full"  },
+        { .mask = USB_SPEED_MASK_HIGH,  .name = "high"  },
+        { .mask = USB_SPEED_MASK_SUPER, .name = "super" },
+    };
+    int i, pos = 0;
+
+    for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(speeds); i++) {
+        if (speeds[i].mask & speedmask) {
+            pos += snprintf(dest + pos, size - pos, "%s%s",
+                            pos ? "+" : "",
+                            speeds[i].name);
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 int usb_device_attach(USBDevice *dev)
 {
     USBBus *bus = usb_bus_from_device(dev);
     USBPort *port = dev->port;
+    char devspeed[32], portspeed[32];
 
     assert(port != NULL);
     assert(!dev->attached);
-    trace_usb_port_attach(bus->busnr, port->path);
+    usb_mask_to_str(devspeed, sizeof(devspeed), dev->speedmask);
+    usb_mask_to_str(portspeed, sizeof(portspeed), port->speedmask);
+    trace_usb_port_attach(bus->busnr, port->path,
+                          devspeed, portspeed);
 
     if (!(port->speedmask & dev->speedmask)) {
-        error_report("Warning: speed mismatch trying to attach "
-                     "usb device %s to bus %s",
-                     dev->product_desc, bus->qbus.name);
+        error_report("Warning: speed mismatch trying to attach"
+                     " usb device \"%s\" (%s speed)"
+                     " to bus \"%s\", port \"%s\" (%s speed)",
+                     dev->product_desc, devspeed,
+                     bus->qbus.name, port->path, portspeed);
         return -1;
     }
 
diff --git a/hw/usb/desc.c b/hw/usb/desc.c
index b389381326..fce303e9c8 100644
--- a/hw/usb/desc.c
+++ b/hw/usb/desc.c
@@ -522,8 +522,6 @@ void usb_desc_attach(USBDevice *dev)
     } else if (desc->full && (dev->port->speedmask & USB_SPEED_MASK_FULL)) {
         dev->speed = USB_SPEED_FULL;
     } else {
-        fprintf(stderr, "usb: port/device speed mismatch for \"%s\"\n",
-                usb_device_get_product_desc(dev));
         return;
     }
     usb_desc_setdefaults(dev);
diff --git a/trace-events b/trace-events
index e587487a3b..ffaa3f472e 100644
--- a/trace-events
+++ b/trace-events
@@ -277,7 +277,7 @@ usb_packet_state_fault(int bus, const char *port, int ep, void *p, const char *o
 
 # hw/usb/bus.c
 usb_port_claim(int bus, const char *port) "bus %d, port %s"
-usb_port_attach(int bus, const char *port) "bus %d, port %s"
+usb_port_attach(int bus, const char *port, const char *devspeed, const char *portspeed) "bus %d, port %s, devspeed %s, portspeed %s"
 usb_port_detach(int bus, const char *port) "bus %d, port %s"
 usb_port_release(int bus, const char *port) "bus %d, port %s"