diff --git a/src/object/cli_shard.c b/src/object/cli_shard.c
index c4a0de102c7..98ad6c74b15 100644
--- a/src/object/cli_shard.c
+++ b/src/object/cli_shard.c
@@ -787,14 +787,14 @@ dc_rw_cb(tse_task_t *task, void *arg)
 		 * If any failure happens inside Cart, let's reset failure to
 		 * TIMEDOUT, so the upper layer can retry.
 		 */
-		D_ERROR(DF_UOID
-			" (%s) RPC %p (%d) to %d/%d, flags %lx/%x, task %p failed, %s, TX " DF_DTI
-			": " DF_RC "\n",
-			DP_UOID(orw->orw_oid), is_ec_obj ? "EC" : "non-EC", rw_args->rpc, opc,
-			rw_args->rpc->cr_ep.ep_rank, rw_args->rpc->cr_ep.ep_tag,
-			(unsigned long)orw->orw_api_flags, orw->orw_flags, task,
-			orw->orw_bulks.ca_arrays || orw->orw_bulks.ca_count ? "DMA" : "non-DMA",
-			DP_DTI(&orw->orw_dti), DP_RC(ret));
+		DL_CDEBUG(ret != -DER_TIMEDOUT, DLOG_ERR, DB_IO, ret,
+			  DF_UOID " (%s) RPC %p (%d) "
+				  " to %d/%d, flags %lx/%x, task %p failed, %s, TX " DF_DTI,
+			  DP_UOID(orw->orw_oid), is_ec_obj ? "EC" : "non-EC", rw_args->rpc, opc,
+			  rw_args->rpc->cr_ep.ep_rank, rw_args->rpc->cr_ep.ep_tag,
+			  (unsigned long)orw->orw_api_flags, orw->orw_flags, task,
+			  orw->orw_bulks.ca_arrays || orw->orw_bulks.ca_count ? "DMA" : "non-DMA",
+			  DP_DTI(&orw->orw_dti));
 
 		D_GOTO(out, ret);
 	}