diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/recv.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/recv.c
index ad5f9bd2f0b9..800e9ee7e035 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/recv.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/recv.c
@@ -937,7 +937,7 @@ static int ath9k_process_rate(struct ath_common *common,
 	 * No valid hardware bitrate found -- we should not get here
 	 * because hardware has already validated this frame as OK.
 	 */
-	ath_dbg(common, ATH_DBG_XMIT,
+	ath_dbg(common, ATH_DBG_ANY,
 		"unsupported hw bitrate detected 0x%02x using 1 Mbit\n",
 		rx_stats->rs_rate);