diff --git a/Alc/ALc.c b/Alc/ALc.c
index f4481ae3..0a025bf6 100644
--- a/Alc/ALc.c
+++ b/Alc/ALc.c
@@ -1371,12 +1371,8 @@ static ALCboolean UpdateDeviceParams(ALCdevice *device, const ALCint *attrList)
     if(!device->IsLoopbackDevice && GetConfigValueBool(NULL, "hrtf", AL_FALSE))
         device->Flags |= DEVICE_USE_HRTF;
     if((device->Flags&DEVICE_USE_HRTF) && !IsHrtfCompatible(device))
-    {
-        ERR("HRTF disabled (format is %uhz %s)\n", device->Frequency, DevFmtChannelsString(device->FmtChans));
         device->Flags &= ~DEVICE_USE_HRTF;
-    }
-    else
-        TRACE("HRTF %s\n", (device->Flags&DEVICE_USE_HRTF)?"enabled":"disabled");
+    TRACE("HRTF %s\n", (device->Flags&DEVICE_USE_HRTF)?"enabled":"disabled");
 
     if(!(device->Flags&DEVICE_USE_HRTF) && device->Bs2bLevel > 0 && device->Bs2bLevel <= 6)
     {
diff --git a/Alc/hrtf.c b/Alc/hrtf.c
index 4d833d1d..4e03e198 100644
--- a/Alc/hrtf.c
+++ b/Alc/hrtf.c
@@ -154,6 +154,9 @@ ALCboolean IsHrtfCompatible(ALCdevice *device)
 {
     if(device->FmtChans == DevFmtStereo && device->Frequency == Hrtf.sampleRate)
         return ALC_TRUE;
+    ERR("Incompatible HRTF format: %s %uhz (%s %uhz needed)\n",
+        DevFmtChannelsString(device->FmtChans), device->Frequency,
+        DevFmtChannelsString(DevFmtStereo), Hrtf.sampleRate);
     return ALC_FALSE;
 }