Index: head/sys/dev/hyperv/netvsc/hv_net_vsc.c
===================================================================
--- head/sys/dev/hyperv/netvsc/hv_net_vsc.c
+++ head/sys/dev/hyperv/netvsc/hv_net_vsc.c
@@ -444,8 +444,15 @@
 	vmbus_xact_put(xact);
 
 	if (status != HN_NVS_STATUS_OK) {
-		if_printf(sc->hn_ifp, "nvs init failed for ver 0x%x\n",
-		    nvs_ver);
+		if (bootverbose) {
+			/*
+			 * Caller may try another NVS version, and will log
+			 * error if there are no more NVS versions to try,
+			 * so don't bark out loud here.
+			 */
+			if_printf(sc->hn_ifp, "nvs init failed for ver 0x%x\n",
+			    nvs_ver);
+		}
 		return (EINVAL);
 	}
 	return (0);
@@ -499,7 +506,7 @@
 static int
 hn_nvs_init(struct hn_softc *sc)
 {
-	int i;
+	int i, error;
 
 	if (device_is_attached(sc->hn_dev)) {
 		/*
@@ -511,15 +518,19 @@
 			    HN_NDIS_VERSION_MAJOR(sc->hn_ndis_ver),
 			    HN_NDIS_VERSION_MINOR(sc->hn_ndis_ver));
 		}
-		return (hn_nvs_doinit(sc, sc->hn_nvs_ver));
+
+		error = hn_nvs_doinit(sc, sc->hn_nvs_ver);
+		if (error) {
+			if_printf(sc->hn_ifp, "reinit NVS version 0x%x "
+			    "failed: %d\n", sc->hn_nvs_ver, error);
+		}
+		return (error);
 	}
 
 	/*
 	 * Find the supported NVS version and set NDIS version accordingly.
 	 */
 	for (i = 0; i < nitems(hn_nvs_version); ++i) {
-		int error;
-
 		error = hn_nvs_doinit(sc, hn_nvs_version[i]);
 		if (!error) {
 			sc->hn_nvs_ver = hn_nvs_version[i];