diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/net/msg_zerocopy.c b/tools/testing/selftests/net/msg_zerocopy.c
index 926556febc83ce..7ea5fb28c93db2 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/net/msg_zerocopy.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/net/msg_zerocopy.c
@@ -438,7 +438,7 @@ static bool do_recv_completion(int fd, int domain)
 	/* Detect notification gaps. These should not happen often, if at all.
 	 * Gaps can occur due to drops, reordering and retransmissions.
 	 */
-	if (lo != next_completion)
+	if (cfg_verbose && lo != next_completion)
 		fprintf(stderr, "gap: %u..%u does not append to %u\n",
 			lo, hi, next_completion);
 	next_completion = hi + 1;