diff --git a/plugins/inputs/cisco_telemetry_mdt/cisco_telemetry_mdt.go b/plugins/inputs/cisco_telemetry_mdt/cisco_telemetry_mdt.go
index 0de6ac328..0194fcb1b 100644
--- a/plugins/inputs/cisco_telemetry_mdt/cisco_telemetry_mdt.go
+++ b/plugins/inputs/cisco_telemetry_mdt/cisco_telemetry_mdt.go
@@ -356,8 +356,9 @@ func (c *CiscoTelemetryMDT) handleTelemetry(data []byte) {
 			}
 		}
 
+		// if the keys and content fields are missing, skip the message as it
+		// does not have parsable data used by Telegraf
 		if keys == nil || content == nil {
-			c.Log.Infof("Message from %s missing keys or content", msg.GetNodeIdStr())
 			continue
 		}