diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/qjournal/server/JournalNodeSyncer.java b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/qjournal/server/JournalNodeSyncer.java
index d2b2c9bff1..dc352c5d36 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/qjournal/server/JournalNodeSyncer.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/qjournal/server/JournalNodeSyncer.java
@@ -251,7 +251,7 @@ private void syncWithJournalAtIndex(int index) {
       editLogManifest = jnProxy.getEditLogManifestFromJournal(jid,
           nameServiceId, 0, false);
     } catch (IOException e) {
-      LOG.error("Could not sync with Journal at " +
+      LOG.debug("Could not sync with Journal at {}.",
           otherJNProxies.get(journalNodeIndexForSync), e);
       return;
     }