diff --git a/hadoop-hdds/server-scm/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdds/scm/pipeline/PipelineManagerV2Impl.java b/hadoop-hdds/server-scm/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdds/scm/pipeline/PipelineManagerV2Impl.java
index eb0c9482487d..0d97b8760e10 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdds/server-scm/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdds/scm/pipeline/PipelineManagerV2Impl.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdds/server-scm/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdds/scm/pipeline/PipelineManagerV2Impl.java
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ public Pipeline createPipeline(ReplicationType type,
       recordMetricsForPipeline(pipeline);
       return pipeline;
     } catch (IOException ex) {
-      LOG.error("Failed to create pipeline of type {} and factor {}. " +
+      LOG.debug("Failed to create pipeline of type {} and factor {}. " +
           "Exception: {}", type, factor, ex.getMessage());
       metrics.incNumPipelineCreationFailed();
       throw ex;