diff --git a/pkg/utils/utils.go b/pkg/utils/utils.go
index 81bcf70f3..1cffca17c 100644
--- a/pkg/utils/utils.go
+++ b/pkg/utils/utils.go
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@ import (
 	"strconv"
 	"strings"
 	"time"
+
+	"github.com/k8snetworkplumbingwg/sriov-cni/pkg/logging"
 )
 
 var (
@@ -310,21 +312,23 @@ func SetVFEffectiveMAC(netLinkManager NetlinkManager, netDeviceName string, macA
 		return err
 	}
 
-	return Retry(20, 100*time.Millisecond, func() error {
-		if err := netLinkManager.LinkSetHardwareAddr(orgLinkObj, hwaddr); err != nil {
-			return err
-		}
+	return Retry(20, 100*time.Millisecond, warnOnError(
+		"SetVFEffectiveMAC",
+		func() error {
+			if err := netLinkManager.LinkSetHardwareAddr(orgLinkObj, hwaddr); err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
 
-		linkObj, err := netLinkManager.LinkByName(netDeviceName)
-		if err != nil {
-			return fmt.Errorf("failed to get netlink device with name %s: %q", orgLinkObj.Attrs().Name, err)
-		}
-		if linkObj.Attrs().HardwareAddr.String() != macAddress {
-			return fmt.Errorf("effective mac address is different from requested one")
-		}
+			linkObj, err := netLinkManager.LinkByName(netDeviceName)
+			if err != nil {
+				return fmt.Errorf("failed to get netlink device with name %s: %q", orgLinkObj.Attrs().Name, err)
+			}
+			if linkObj.Attrs().HardwareAddr.String() != macAddress {
+				return fmt.Errorf("effective mac address is different from requested one")
+			}
 
-		return nil
-	})
+			return nil
+		}))
 }
 
 // SetVFHardwareMAC will try to set the hardware mac address on a specific VF ID under a requested PF
@@ -344,21 +348,22 @@ func SetVFHardwareMAC(netLinkManager NetlinkManager, pfDevice string, vfID int,
 		return err
 	}
 
-	return Retry(20, 100*time.Millisecond, func() error {
-		if err := netLinkManager.LinkSetVfHardwareAddr(orgLinkObj, vfID, hwaddr); err != nil {
-			return err
-		}
+	return Retry(20, 100*time.Millisecond, warnOnError("SetVFHardwareMAC",
+		func() error {
+			if err := netLinkManager.LinkSetVfHardwareAddr(orgLinkObj, vfID, hwaddr); err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
 
-		linkObj, err := netLinkManager.LinkByName(pfDevice)
-		if err != nil {
-			return fmt.Errorf("failed to get netlink device with name %s: %q", orgLinkObj.Attrs().Name, err)
-		}
-		if linkObj.Attrs().Vfs[vfID].Mac.String() != macAddress {
-			return fmt.Errorf("hardware mac address is different from requested one")
-		}
+			linkObj, err := netLinkManager.LinkByName(pfDevice)
+			if err != nil {
+				return fmt.Errorf("failed to get netlink device with name %s: %q", orgLinkObj.Attrs().Name, err)
+			}
+			if linkObj.Attrs().Vfs[vfID].Mac.String() != macAddress {
+				return fmt.Errorf("hardware mac address is different from requested one")
+			}
 
-		return nil
-	})
+			return nil
+		}))
 }
 
 // IsValidMACAddress checks if net.HardwareAddr is a valid MAC address.
@@ -402,3 +407,15 @@ func Retry(retries int, sleep time.Duration, f func() error) error {
 	}
 	return err
 }
+
+func warnOnError(callerFn string, f func() error) func() error {
+	return func() error {
+		err := f()
+		if err != nil {
+			logging.Warning("Delegated function error",
+				"func", callerFn,
+				"error", err)
+		}
+		return err
+	}
+}