diff --git a/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/compactions/CompactionProgress.java b/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/compactions/CompactionProgress.java
index 577276e85ed..942cc4f3fd6 100644
--- a/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/compactions/CompactionProgress.java
+++ b/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/compactions/CompactionProgress.java
@@ -77,8 +77,8 @@ public class CompactionProgress {
    */
   public long getTotalCompactingKVs() {
     if (totalCompactingKVs < currentCompactedKVs) {
-      LOG.warn("totalCompactingKVs={} less than currentCompactedKVs={}",
-          totalCompactingKVs, currentCompactedKVs);
+      LOG.debug("totalCompactingKVs={} less than currentCompactedKVs={}",
+        totalCompactingKVs, currentCompactedKVs);
       return currentCompactedKVs;
     }
     return totalCompactingKVs;