diff --git a/src/uu/chmod/src/chmod.rs b/src/uu/chmod/src/chmod.rs
index 8502148bb..bf6e81305 100644
--- a/src/uu/chmod/src/chmod.rs
+++ b/src/uu/chmod/src/chmod.rs
@@ -229,7 +229,7 @@ impl Chmoder {
                     if !self.quiet {
                         show_error!("cannot operate on dangling symlink '{}'", filename);
                     }
-                } else {
+                } else if !self.quiet {
                     show_error!("cannot access '{}': No such file or directory", filename);
                 }
                 return Err(1);
diff --git a/tests/by-util/test_chmod.rs b/tests/by-util/test_chmod.rs
index 9478c141b..1b8983bc3 100644
--- a/tests/by-util/test_chmod.rs
+++ b/tests/by-util/test_chmod.rs
@@ -360,13 +360,24 @@ fn test_chmod_recursive() {
 fn test_chmod_non_existing_file() {
     new_ucmd!()
         .arg("-R")
-        .arg("--verbose")
         .arg("-r,a+w")
         .arg("does-not-exist")
         .fails()
         .stderr_contains(&"cannot access 'does-not-exist': No such file or directory");
 }
 
+#[test]
+fn test_chmod_non_existing_file_silent() {
+    new_ucmd!()
+        .arg("-R")
+        .arg("--quiet")
+        .arg("-r,a+w")
+        .arg("does-not-exist")
+        .fails()
+        .no_stderr()
+        .code_is(1);
+}
+
 #[test]
 fn test_chmod_preserve_root() {
     new_ucmd!()