diff --git a/criu/include/util.h b/criu/include/util.h
index 4e29c079ef..0d18972dd1 100644
--- a/criu/include/util.h
+++ b/criu/include/util.h
@@ -162,7 +162,8 @@ extern int is_anon_link_type(char *link, char *type);
 
 #define is_hex_digit(c) (((c) >= '0' && (c) <= '9') || ((c) >= 'a' && (c) <= 'f') || ((c) >= 'A' && (c) <= 'F'))
 
-#define CRS_CAN_FAIL 0x1 /* cmd can validly exit with non zero code */
+#define CRS_CAN_FAIL   0x1 /* cmd can validly exit with non zero code */
+#define CRS_CAN_ENOENT 0x2 /* cmd can fail with "No such file or directory" */
 
 extern int cr_system(int in, int out, int err, char *cmd, char *const argv[], unsigned flags);
 extern int cr_system_userns(int in, int out, int err, char *cmd, char *const argv[], unsigned flags, int userns_pid);
diff --git a/criu/util.c b/criu/util.c
index 060ca3bd44..49b0a9485c 100644
--- a/criu/util.c
+++ b/criu/util.c
@@ -623,9 +623,11 @@ int cr_system_userns(int in, int out, int err, char *cmd, char *const argv[], un
 
 		execvp(cmd, argv);
 
-		/* We can't use pr_error() as log file fd is closed. */
-		fprintf(stderr, "Error (%s:%d): " LOG_PREFIX "execvp(\"%s\", ...) failed: %s\n", __FILE__, __LINE__,
-			cmd, strerror(errno));
+		if (!(errno == ENOENT && (flags & CRS_CAN_ENOENT))) {
+			/* We can't use pr_error() as log file fd is closed. */
+			fprintf(stderr, "Error (%s:%d): " LOG_PREFIX "execvp(\"%s\", ...) failed: %s\n", __FILE__,
+				__LINE__, cmd, strerror(errno));
+		}
 	out_chld:
 		_exit(1);
 	}
@@ -638,7 +640,7 @@ int cr_system_userns(int in, int out, int err, char *cmd, char *const argv[], un
 		}
 
 		if (WIFEXITED(status)) {
-			if (!(flags & CRS_CAN_FAIL) && WEXITSTATUS(status))
+			if (!(flags & CRS_CAN_ENOENT) && !(flags & CRS_CAN_FAIL) && WEXITSTATUS(status))
 				pr_err("exited, status=%d\n", WEXITSTATUS(status));
 			break;
 		} else if (WIFSIGNALED(status)) {
@@ -1562,9 +1564,9 @@ static int is_iptables_nft(char *bin)
 		goto err;
 	}
 
-	ret = cr_system(-1, pfd[1], -1, cmd[0], cmd, 0);
+	ret = cr_system(-1, pfd[1], -1, cmd[0], cmd, CRS_CAN_ENOENT);
 	if (ret) {
-		pr_err("%s -V failed\n", cmd[0]);
+		pr_debug("%s -V failed\n", cmd[0]);
 		goto err;
 	}