diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_params.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_params.h
index 430f5f9d0ff4ecdf5c1455e21db6cac9b253325e..c9636039807219b0d5235270b614eda89e119ded 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_params.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_params.h
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ struct drm_printer;
 	param(int, enable_ips, 1) \
 	param(int, invert_brightness, 0) \
 	param(int, enable_guc, 0) \
-	param(int, guc_log_level, 0) \
+	param(int, guc_log_level, -1) \
 	param(char *, guc_firmware_path, NULL) \
 	param(char *, huc_firmware_path, NULL) \
 	param(int, mmio_debug, 0) \
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_uc.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_uc.c
index ad1785522497d394faecd72b62859495ea2f984d..34e847d0ee4c5a6ac5adeea7d9fd1ba4cb27de0f 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_uc.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_uc.c
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ static int __get_platform_enable_guc(struct drm_i915_private *dev_priv)
 
 static int __get_default_guc_log_level(struct drm_i915_private *dev_priv)
 {
-	int guc_log_level = 0; /* disabled */
+	int guc_log_level = 1; /* non-verbose */
 
 	/* Enable if we're running on platform with GuC and debug config */
 	if (HAS_GUC(dev_priv) && intel_uc_is_using_guc() &&