diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt
index fe78097abcf..42430efdb30 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt
@@ -1074,6 +1074,9 @@ Release 2.7.0 - UNRELEASED
     HDFS-7871. NameNodeEditLogRoller can keep printing "Swallowing exception"
     message. (jing9)
 
+    HDFS-7757. Misleading error messages in FSImage.java. (Brahma Reddy Battula
+    via Arpit Agarwal)
+
     BREAKDOWN OF HDFS-7584 SUBTASKS AND RELATED JIRAS
 
       HDFS-7720. Quota by Storage Type API, tools and ClientNameNode
diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/namenode/FSImage.java b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/namenode/FSImage.java
index 44c41d07b44..e589eea9884 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/namenode/FSImage.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/namenode/FSImage.java
@@ -883,7 +883,7 @@ public class FSImage implements Closeable {
       final long namespace = counts.getNameSpace() - parentNamespace;
       final long nsQuota = q.getNameSpace();
       if (Quota.isViolated(nsQuota, namespace)) {
-        LOG.error("BUG: Namespace quota violation in image for "
+        LOG.warn("Namespace quota violation in image for "
             + dir.getFullPathName()
             + " quota = " + nsQuota + " < consumed = " + namespace);
       }
@@ -891,7 +891,7 @@ public class FSImage implements Closeable {
       final long ssConsumed = counts.getStorageSpace() - parentStoragespace;
       final long ssQuota = q.getStorageSpace();
       if (Quota.isViolated(ssQuota, ssConsumed)) {
-        LOG.error("BUG: Storagespace quota violation in image for "
+        LOG.warn("Storagespace quota violation in image for "
             + dir.getFullPathName()
             + " quota = " + ssQuota + " < consumed = " + ssConsumed);
       }
@@ -903,7 +903,7 @@ public class FSImage implements Closeable {
             parentTypeSpaces.get(t);
         final long typeQuota = q.getTypeSpaces().get(t);
         if (Quota.isViolated(typeQuota, typeSpace)) {
-          LOG.error("BUG: Storage type quota violation in image for "
+          LOG.warn("Storage type quota violation in image for "
               + dir.getFullPathName()
               + " type = " + t.toString() + " quota = "
               + typeQuota + " < consumed " + typeSpace);