diff --git a/apps/emqx_gateway_ocpp/src/emqx_ocpp_connection.erl b/apps/emqx_gateway_ocpp/src/emqx_ocpp_connection.erl
index 331b9d323..0932314fe 100644
--- a/apps/emqx_gateway_ocpp/src/emqx_ocpp_connection.erl
+++ b/apps/emqx_gateway_ocpp/src/emqx_ocpp_connection.erl
@@ -237,7 +237,6 @@ do_init(Req, Opts, WsOpts) ->
         )
     of
         {error, Reason, _State} ->
-            1 = Reason,
             {ok, cowboy_req:reply(400, #{}, to_bin(Reason), Req), WsOpts};
         {ok, [Resp, Opts, WsOpts], NState} ->
             {cowboy_websocket, Resp, [Req, Opts, NState], WsOpts}
diff --git a/changes/ce/fix-12892.md b/changes/ce/fix-12892.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c6f52629a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changes/ce/fix-12892.md
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Avoid printing error logs when processing downstream messages