diff --git a/sbin/pfctl/pfctl.c b/sbin/pfctl/pfctl.c
index c1ba12f4c3cb..ea0064b02b7e 100644
--- a/sbin/pfctl/pfctl.c
+++ b/sbin/pfctl/pfctl.c
@@ -1924,7 +1924,7 @@ pfctl_test_altqsupport(int dev, int opts)
 
 	if (ioctl(dev, DIOCGETALTQS, &pa)) {
 		if (errno == ENODEV) {
-			if (!(opts & PF_OPT_QUIET))
+			if (opts & PF_OPT_VERBOSE)
 				fprintf(stderr, "No ALTQ support in kernel\n"
 				    "ALTQ related functions disabled\n");
 			return (0);