diff --git a/drivers/cxl/acpi.c b/drivers/cxl/acpi.c
index 07b184382707..dd610556a3af 100644
--- a/drivers/cxl/acpi.c
+++ b/drivers/cxl/acpi.c
@@ -219,7 +219,6 @@ static int add_host_bridge_uport(struct device *match, void *arg)
 	port = devm_cxl_add_port(host, match, dport->component_reg_phys, dport);
 	if (IS_ERR(port))
 		return PTR_ERR(port);
-	dev_dbg(host, "%s: add: %s\n", dev_name(match), dev_name(&port->dev));
 
 	return 0;
 }
@@ -465,7 +464,6 @@ static int cxl_acpi_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	root_port = devm_cxl_add_port(host, host, CXL_RESOURCE_NONE, NULL);
 	if (IS_ERR(root_port))
 		return PTR_ERR(root_port);
-	dev_dbg(host, "add: %s\n", dev_name(&root_port->dev));
 
 	rc = bus_for_each_dev(adev->dev.bus, NULL, root_port,
 			      add_host_bridge_dport);
diff --git a/drivers/cxl/core/port.c b/drivers/cxl/core/port.c
index e7556864ea80..93560d749aed 100644
--- a/drivers/cxl/core/port.c
+++ b/drivers/cxl/core/port.c
@@ -655,16 +655,10 @@ static struct cxl_port *cxl_port_alloc(struct device *uport,
 	return ERR_PTR(rc);
 }
 
-/**
- * devm_cxl_add_port - register a cxl_port in CXL memory decode hierarchy
- * @host: host device for devm operations
- * @uport: "physical" device implementing this upstream port
- * @component_reg_phys: (optional) for configurable cxl_port instances
- * @parent_dport: next hop up in the CXL memory decode hierarchy
- */
-struct cxl_port *devm_cxl_add_port(struct device *host, struct device *uport,
-				   resource_size_t component_reg_phys,
-				   struct cxl_dport *parent_dport)
+static struct cxl_port *__devm_cxl_add_port(struct device *host,
+					    struct device *uport,
+					    resource_size_t component_reg_phys,
+					    struct cxl_dport *parent_dport)
 {
 	struct cxl_port *port;
 	struct device *dev;
@@ -702,6 +696,41 @@ struct cxl_port *devm_cxl_add_port(struct device *host, struct device *uport,
 	put_device(dev);
 	return ERR_PTR(rc);
 }
+
+/**
+ * devm_cxl_add_port - register a cxl_port in CXL memory decode hierarchy
+ * @host: host device for devm operations
+ * @uport: "physical" device implementing this upstream port
+ * @component_reg_phys: (optional) for configurable cxl_port instances
+ * @parent_dport: next hop up in the CXL memory decode hierarchy
+ */
+struct cxl_port *devm_cxl_add_port(struct device *host, struct device *uport,
+				   resource_size_t component_reg_phys,
+				   struct cxl_dport *parent_dport)
+{
+	struct cxl_port *port, *parent_port;
+
+	port = __devm_cxl_add_port(host, uport, component_reg_phys,
+				   parent_dport);
+
+	parent_port = parent_dport ? parent_dport->port : NULL;
+	if (IS_ERR(port)) {
+		dev_dbg(uport, "Failed to add %s%s%s%s: %ld\n",
+			dev_name(&port->dev),
+			parent_port ? " to " : "",
+			parent_port ? dev_name(&parent_port->dev) : "",
+			parent_port ? "" : " (root port)",
+			PTR_ERR(port));
+	} else {
+		dev_dbg(uport, "%s added%s%s%s\n",
+			dev_name(&port->dev),
+			parent_port ? " to " : "",
+			parent_port ? dev_name(&parent_port->dev) : "",
+			parent_port ? "" : " (root port)");
+	}
+
+	return port;
+}
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_NS_GPL(devm_cxl_add_port, CXL);
 
 struct pci_bus *cxl_port_to_pci_bus(struct cxl_port *port)
@@ -1147,8 +1176,6 @@ int devm_cxl_add_endpoint(struct cxl_memdev *cxlmd,
 	if (IS_ERR(endpoint))
 		return PTR_ERR(endpoint);
 
-	dev_dbg(&cxlmd->dev, "add: %s\n", dev_name(&endpoint->dev));
-
 	rc = cxl_endpoint_autoremove(cxlmd, endpoint);
 	if (rc)
 		return rc;