diff --git a/tf2_ros/src/buffer.cpp b/tf2_ros/src/buffer.cpp
index 3e83f50e0..2131de689 100644
--- a/tf2_ros/src/buffer.cpp
+++ b/tf2_ros/src/buffer.cpp
@@ -91,7 +91,9 @@ Buffer::lookupTransform(
   const std::string & target_frame, const std::string & source_frame,
   const tf2::TimePoint & lookup_time, const tf2::Duration timeout) const
 {
-  canTransform(target_frame, source_frame, lookup_time, timeout);
+  // Pass error string to suppress console spam
+  std::string error;
+  canTransform(target_frame, source_frame, lookup_time, timeout, &error);
   return lookupTransform(target_frame, source_frame, lookup_time);
 }
 
@@ -114,7 +116,9 @@ Buffer::lookupTransform(
   const std::string & source_frame, const tf2::TimePoint & source_time,
   const std::string & fixed_frame, const tf2::Duration timeout) const
 {
-  canTransform(target_frame, target_time, source_frame, source_time, fixed_frame, timeout);
+  // Pass error string to suppress console spam
+  std::string error;
+  canTransform(target_frame, target_time, source_frame, source_time, fixed_frame, timeout, &error);
   return lookupTransform(target_frame, target_time, source_frame, source_time, fixed_frame);
 }
 
@@ -146,7 +150,9 @@ Buffer::canTransform(
   // poll for transform if timeout is set
   rclcpp::Time start_time = clock_->now();
   while (clock_->now() < start_time + rclcpp_timeout &&
-    !canTransform(target_frame, source_frame, time) &&
+    !canTransform(
+      target_frame, source_frame, time,
+      tf2::Duration(std::chrono::nanoseconds::zero()), errstr) &&
     (clock_->now() + rclcpp::Duration(3, 0) >= start_time) &&  // don't wait bag loop detected
     (rclcpp::ok()))  // Make sure we haven't been stopped (won't work for pytf)
   {
@@ -174,7 +180,9 @@ Buffer::canTransform(
   // poll for transform if timeout is set
   rclcpp::Time start_time = clock_->now();
   while (clock_->now() < start_time + rclcpp_timeout &&
-    !canTransform(target_frame, target_time, source_frame, source_time, fixed_frame) &&
+    !canTransform(
+      target_frame, target_time, source_frame, source_time, fixed_frame,
+      tf2::Duration(std::chrono::nanoseconds::zero()), errstr) &&
     (clock_->now() + rclcpp::Duration(3, 0) >= start_time) &&  // don't wait bag loop detected
     (rclcpp::ok()))  // Make sure we haven't been stopped (won't work for pytf)
   {