diff --git a/drivers/hwmon/dell-smm-hwmon.c b/drivers/hwmon/dell-smm-hwmon.c
index 7f8d95dd2717..1572b5416015 100644
--- a/drivers/hwmon/dell-smm-hwmon.c
+++ b/drivers/hwmon/dell-smm-hwmon.c
@@ -1355,15 +1355,21 @@ static int __init dell_smm_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	platform_set_drvdata(pdev, data);
 
 	if (dmi_check_system(i8k_blacklist_fan_support_dmi_table)) {
-		dev_warn(&pdev->dev, "broken Dell BIOS detected, disallow fan support\n");
-		if (!force)
+		if (!force) {
+			dev_notice(&pdev->dev, "Disabling fan support due to BIOS bugs\n");
 			data->disallow_fan_support = true;
+		} else {
+			dev_warn(&pdev->dev, "Enabling fan support despite BIOS bugs\n");
+		}
 	}
 
 	if (dmi_check_system(i8k_blacklist_fan_type_dmi_table)) {
-		dev_warn(&pdev->dev, "broken Dell BIOS detected, disallow fan type call\n");
-		if (!force)
+		if (!force) {
+			dev_notice(&pdev->dev, "Disabling fan type call due to BIOS bugs\n");
 			data->disallow_fan_type_call = true;
+		} else {
+			dev_warn(&pdev->dev, "Enabling fan type call despite BIOS bugs\n");
+		}
 	}
 
 	strscpy(data->bios_version, i8k_get_dmi_data(DMI_BIOS_VERSION),