diff --git a/hadoop-ozone/ozonefs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/ozone/OzoneFileSystem.java b/hadoop-ozone/ozonefs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/ozone/OzoneFileSystem.java
index 33dee87fa6..0514bd728b 100644
--- a/hadoop-ozone/ozonefs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/ozone/OzoneFileSystem.java
+++ b/hadoop-ozone/ozonefs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/ozone/OzoneFileSystem.java
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ public DelegationTokenIssuer[] getAdditionalTokenIssuers()
     try {
       keyProvider = getKeyProvider();
     } catch (IOException ioe) {
-      LOG.error("Error retrieving KeyProvider.", ioe);
+      LOG.debug("Error retrieving KeyProvider.", ioe);
       return null;
     }
     if (keyProvider instanceof DelegationTokenIssuer) {