diff --git a/sys/geom/nop/g_nop.c b/sys/geom/nop/g_nop.c
index 73782660bab..0cb03746ea0 100644
--- a/sys/geom/nop/g_nop.c
+++ b/sys/geom/nop/g_nop.c
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ g_nop_start(struct bio *bp)
 
 		rval = arc4random() % 100;
 		if (rval < failprob) {
-			G_NOP_LOGREQ(bp, "Returning error=%d.", sc->sc_error);
+			G_NOP_LOGREQLVL(1, bp, "Returning error=%d.", sc->sc_error);
 			g_io_deliver(bp, sc->sc_error);
 			return;
 		}
diff --git a/sys/geom/nop/g_nop.h b/sys/geom/nop/g_nop.h
index 4bfc4e16680..da555ecb100 100644
--- a/sys/geom/nop/g_nop.h
+++ b/sys/geom/nop/g_nop.h
@@ -44,9 +44,10 @@
 		printf("\n");						\
 	}								\
 } while (0)
-#define	G_NOP_LOGREQ(bp, ...)	do {					\
-	if (g_nop_debug >= 2) {						\
-		printf("GEOM_NOP[2]: ");				\
+#define	G_NOP_LOGREQ(bp, ...)	G_NOP_LOGREQLVL(2, bp, __VA_ARGS__)
+#define G_NOP_LOGREQLVL(lvl, bp, ...) do {				\
+	if (g_nop_debug >= (lvl)) {					\
+		printf("GEOM_NOP[%d]: ", (lvl));			\
 		printf(__VA_ARGS__);					\
 		printf(" ");						\
 		g_print_bio(bp);					\