The following lines are getting displayed while Ubuntu is booting.

[   27.981086] mei_me 0000:00:16.0: irq 60 for MSI/MSI-X

[   27.985007] mei_me 0000:00:16.0: version message write failed: ret = -5

[   27.985071] mei_me 0000:00:16.0: hbm_start failed ret = -5

[   27.985123] mei_me 0000:00:16.0: reset failed

[   27.985166] mei_me 0000:00:16.0: link layer initialization failed.

[   27.985224] mei_me 0000:00:16.0: init hw failure.

[   27.987404] mei_me 0000:00:16.0: initialization failed.

I've been using it for around 4-5 months now and this is the first time I got this message. I'm able to log in and everything seems to be working fine.
But this error message is bugging me.

Is there a way to fix this.

I'm using Ubuntu 14.04 LTS.

Thanks in advance.

UPDATE #1

Added blacklist mei to /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf but the error is still being displayed on boot.