diff --git a/pkg/operator/ceph/cluster/osd/osd.go b/pkg/operator/ceph/cluster/osd/osd.go
index 0563e0e73..cdd79f454 100644
--- a/pkg/operator/ceph/cluster/osd/osd.go
+++ b/pkg/operator/ceph/cluster/osd/osd.go
@@ -556,7 +556,7 @@ func (c *Cluster) startOSDDaemonsOnNode(nodeName string, config *provisionConfig
 		_, createErr := c.context.Clientset.AppsV1().Deployments(c.Namespace).Create(dp)
 		if createErr != nil {
 			if kerrors.IsAlreadyExists(createErr) {
-				logger.Infof("deployment for osd %d already exists. updating if needed", osd.ID)
+				logger.Debugf("deployment for osd %d already exists. updating if needed", osd.ID)
 				if err = updateDeploymentAndWait(c.context, dp, c.Namespace, opconfig.OsdType, strconv.Itoa(osd.ID), c.skipUpgradeChecks, c.continueUpgradeAfterChecksEvenIfNotHealthy); err != nil {
 					logger.Errorf("failed to update osd deployment %d. %v", osd.ID, err)
 				}
@@ -565,8 +565,9 @@ func (c *Cluster) startOSDDaemonsOnNode(nodeName string, config *provisionConfig
 				logger.Warningf("failed to create osd deployment for node %q, osd %+v. %v", n.Name, osd, createErr)
 				continue
 			}
+		} else {
+			logger.Infof("created deployment for osd %d", osd.ID)
 		}
-		logger.Infof("started deployment for osd %d", osd.ID)
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/pkg/operator/k8sutil/deployment.go b/pkg/operator/k8sutil/deployment.go
index a8b23fe8d..ec335a729 100644
--- a/pkg/operator/k8sutil/deployment.go
+++ b/pkg/operator/k8sutil/deployment.go
@@ -74,6 +74,8 @@ func UpdateDeploymentAndWait(context *clusterd.Context, modifiedDeployment *apps
 
 	// If deployments are different, let's update!
 	if !patchResult.IsEmpty() {
+		logger.Infof("updating deployment %q after verifying it is safe to stop", modifiedDeployment.Name)
+
 		// Let's verify the deployment can be stopped
 		// retry for 5 times, every minute
 		err = util.Retry(5, 60*time.Second, func() error {
@@ -89,7 +91,6 @@ func UpdateDeploymentAndWait(context *clusterd.Context, modifiedDeployment *apps
 			return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to set hash annotation on deployment %q. %v", modifiedDeployment.Name, err)
 		}
 
-		logger.Infof("updating deployment %q", modifiedDeployment.Name)
 		if _, err := context.Clientset.AppsV1().Deployments(namespace).Update(modifiedDeployment); err != nil {
 			return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to update deployment %q. %v", modifiedDeployment.Name, err)
 		}