diff --git a/sys/dev/nvme/nvme_private.h b/sys/dev/nvme/nvme_private.h
--- a/sys/dev/nvme/nvme_private.h
+++ b/sys/dev/nvme/nvme_private.h
@@ -120,7 +120,8 @@
 	struct nvme_qpair		*qpair;
 	struct memdesc			payload;
 	bool				payload_valid : 1,
-					timeout : 1;
+					timeout : 1,
+					rpt_err : 1;
 	nvme_cb_fn_t			cb_fn;
 	void				*cb_arg;
 	int32_t				retries;
@@ -502,6 +503,7 @@
 		req->cb_fn = cb_fn;
 		req->cb_arg = cb_arg;
 		req->timeout = true;
+		req->rpt_err = true;
 	}
 	return (req);
 }
diff --git a/sys/dev/nvme/nvme_qpair.c b/sys/dev/nvme/nvme_qpair.c
--- a/sys/dev/nvme/nvme_qpair.c
+++ b/sys/dev/nvme/nvme_qpair.c
@@ -433,7 +433,7 @@
 	if (error && req->retries >= nvme_retry_count && retriable)
 		qpair->num_failures++;
 
-	if (error && (print_on_error == ERROR_PRINT_ALL ||
+	if (error && req->rpt_err && (print_on_error == ERROR_PRINT_ALL ||
 		(!retry && print_on_error == ERROR_PRINT_NO_RETRY))) {
 		nvme_qpair_print_command(qpair, &req->cmd);
 		nvme_qpair_print_completion(qpair, cpl);
@@ -522,7 +522,7 @@
 
 	error = nvme_completion_is_error(&cpl);
 
-	if (error) {
+	if (error && req->rpt_err) {
 		nvme_qpair_print_command(qpair, &req->cmd);
 		nvme_qpair_print_completion(qpair, &cpl);
 	}
@@ -1308,7 +1308,8 @@
 	while (!STAILQ_EMPTY(&temp)) {
 		req = STAILQ_FIRST(&temp);
 		STAILQ_REMOVE_HEAD(&temp, stailq);
-		nvme_qpair_print_command(qpair, &req->cmd);
+		if (req->rpt_err)
+			nvme_qpair_print_command(qpair, &req->cmd);
 		_nvme_qpair_submit_request(qpair, req);
 	}
 	if (rpt)