diff --git a/drivers/pinctrl/freescale/pinctrl-imx.c b/drivers/pinctrl/freescale/pinctrl-imx.c
index fa3cc0b80ede..3a7d2de10b13 100644
--- a/drivers/pinctrl/freescale/pinctrl-imx.c
+++ b/drivers/pinctrl/freescale/pinctrl-imx.c
@@ -661,7 +661,7 @@ static int imx_pinctrl_parse_functions(struct device_node *np,
 	func->name = np->name;
 	func->num_group_names = of_get_child_count(np);
 	if (func->num_group_names == 0) {
-		dev_err(ipctl->dev, "no groups defined in %pOF\n", np);
+		dev_info(ipctl->dev, "no groups defined in %pOF\n", np);
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}