diff --git a/drivers/mtd/ubi/debug.h b/drivers/mtd/ubi/debug.h
index 2b9011d237..215fca7693 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/ubi/debug.h
+++ b/drivers/mtd/ubi/debug.h
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ void ubi_dump_vid_hdr(const struct ubi_vid_hdr *vid_hdr);
 #else
 #define ubi_assert(expr)  do {                                               \
 	if (unlikely(!(expr))) {                                             \
-		pr_crit("UBI assert failed in %s at %u\n",                   \
+		pr_debug("UBI assert failed in %s at %u\n",                  \
 		       __func__, __LINE__);                                  \
 		dump_stack();                                                \
 	}                                                                    \
diff --git a/fs/ubifs/debug.h b/fs/ubifs/debug.h
index 807ce1b733..0d8ed57cbd 100644
--- a/fs/ubifs/debug.h
+++ b/fs/ubifs/debug.h
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ struct ubifs_global_debug_info {
 #else
 #define ubifs_assert(expr) do {                                                \
 	if (unlikely(!(expr))) {                                               \
-		pr_crit("UBIFS assert failed in %s at %u\n",                   \
+		pr_debug("UBIFS assert failed in %s at %u\n",                  \
 		       __func__, __LINE__);                                    \
 		dump_stack();                                                  \
 	}                                                                      \
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ struct ubifs_global_debug_info {
 #define ubifs_assert_cmt_locked(c) do {                                        \
 	if (unlikely(down_write_trylock(&(c)->commit_sem))) {                  \
 		up_write(&(c)->commit_sem);                                    \
-		pr_crit("commit lock is not locked!\n");                       \
+		pr_debug("commit lock is not locked!\n");                      \
 		ubifs_assert(0);                                               \
 	}                                                                      \
 } while (0)