diff --git a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/bin/hadoop-functions.sh b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/bin/hadoop-functions.sh
index eb7285fb4e..0d51f6b432 100755
--- a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/bin/hadoop-functions.sh
+++ b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/bin/hadoop-functions.sh
@@ -1342,7 +1342,7 @@ function hadoop_add_to_classpath_tools
     # shellcheck disable=SC1090
     . "${HADOOP_LIBEXEC_DIR}/tools/${module}.sh"
   else
-    hadoop_error "ERROR: Tools helper ${HADOOP_LIBEXEC_DIR}/tools/${module}.sh was not found."
+    hadoop_debug "Tools helper ${HADOOP_LIBEXEC_DIR}/tools/${module}.sh was not found."
   fi
 
   if declare -f hadoop_classpath_tools_${module} >/dev/null 2>&1; then