diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/namenode/ha/ObserverReadProxyProvider.java b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/namenode/ha/ObserverReadProxyProvider.java
index 1af0604764..6b99a7f7ce 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/namenode/ha/ObserverReadProxyProvider.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/namenode/ha/ObserverReadProxyProvider.java
@@ -471,7 +471,7 @@ public class ObserverReadProxyProvider<T>
               Exception unwrapped = re.unwrapRemoteException(
                   ObserverRetryOnActiveException.class);
               if (unwrapped instanceof ObserverRetryOnActiveException) {
-                LOG.info("Encountered ObserverRetryOnActiveException from {}." +
+                LOG.debug("Encountered ObserverRetryOnActiveException from {}." +
                     " Retry active namenode directly.", current.proxyInfo);
                 break;
               }