diff --git a/oshmem/mca/sshmem/ucx/sshmem_ucx_module.c b/oshmem/mca/sshmem/ucx/sshmem_ucx_module.c
index 13b528f3a5c..a6aab2cc77b 100644
--- a/oshmem/mca/sshmem/ucx/sshmem_ucx_module.c
+++ b/oshmem/mca/sshmem/ucx/sshmem_ucx_module.c
@@ -123,9 +123,7 @@ segment_create_internal(map_segment_t *ds_buf, void *address, size_t size,
 
     status = ucp_mem_map(spml->ucp_context, &mem_map_params, &mem_h);
     if (UCS_OK != status) {
-        SSHMEM_ERROR("Failed to allocate DEVICE_NIC_MEM"
-                     " - ucp_mem_map() failed: %s, fallback to host memory\n",
-                     ucs_status_string(status));
+        SSHMEM_ERROR("ucp_mem_map() failed: %s\n", ucs_status_string(status));
         rc = OSHMEM_ERROR;
         goto out;
     }
@@ -190,7 +188,10 @@ segment_create(map_segment_t *ds_buf,
             ds_buf->alloc_hints = hint;
             ds_buf->allocator   = &sshmem_ucx_allocator;
             return OSHMEM_SUCCESS;
-        } 
+        } else {
+            SSHMEM_WARN("Failed to allocate DEVICE_NIC_MEM: %s, "
+                        "fallback to host memory", ucs_status_string(status));
+        }
 #else 
        SSHMEM_VERBOSE(1, "DEVICE_NIC_MEM hint ignored since UCX does not "
                       "support MEMORY_TYPE_RDMA");