diff --git a/modules/intel/openvino/__init__.py b/modules/intel/openvino/__init__.py
index f2681d134..d6dd73567 100644
--- a/modules/intel/openvino/__init__.py
+++ b/modules/intel/openvino/__init__.py
@@ -23,6 +23,17 @@ import functools
 from modules import shared, devices, sd_models
 
 
+# importing openvino.runtime forces DeprecationWarning to "always"
+# And Intel's own libs (NNCF) imports the deprecated module
+# Reset the warnings back to ignore:
+try:
+    import warnings
+    import openvino.runtime # pylint: disable=unused-import
+    warnings.filterwarnings(action="ignore", category=DeprecationWarning)
+except Exception:
+    pass
+
+
 torch._dynamo.config.cache_size_limit = 64 # pylint: disable=protected-access
 torch._dynamo.eval_frame.check_if_dynamo_supported = lambda: True # pylint: disable=protected-access
 if hasattr(torch._dynamo.config, "inline_inbuilt_nn_modules"):