diff --git a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt
index 366adc65026..e310faa93d4 100644
--- a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt
@@ -77,6 +77,9 @@ Release 2.4.0 - UNRELEASED
     based on connection properties. (Benoy Antony and Daryn Sharp via
     Arpit Agarwal)
 
+    HADOOP-10015. UserGroupInformation prints out excessive warnings.
+    (Nicolas Liochon via szetszwo)
+
   OPTIMIZATIONS
 
   BUG FIXES
diff --git a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/security/UserGroupInformation.java b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/security/UserGroupInformation.java
index 33bf6beb3e3..410507b210d 100644
--- a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/security/UserGroupInformation.java
+++ b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/security/UserGroupInformation.java
@@ -1548,7 +1548,9 @@ public <T> T doAs(PrivilegedExceptionAction<T> action
       return Subject.doAs(subject, action);
     } catch (PrivilegedActionException pae) {
       Throwable cause = pae.getCause();
-      LOG.warn("PriviledgedActionException as:"+this+" cause:"+cause);
+      if (LOG.isDebugEnabled()) {
+        LOG.debug("PrivilegedActionException as:" + this + " cause:" + cause);
+      }
       if (cause instanceof IOException) {
         throw (IOException) cause;
       } else if (cause instanceof Error) {