diff --git a/qemu-io.c b/qemu-io.c
index f1e3a67135..269f17cc2c 100644
--- a/qemu-io.c
+++ b/qemu-io.c
@@ -156,7 +156,6 @@ static int open_f(BlockBackend *blk, int argc, char **argv)
             break;
         case 'o':
             if (!qemu_opts_parse_noisily(&empty_opts, optarg, false)) {
-                printf("could not parse option list -- %s\n", optarg);
                 qemu_opts_reset(&empty_opts);
                 return 0;
             }