diff --git a/hbase-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/io/BoundedByteBufferPool.java b/hbase-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/io/BoundedByteBufferPool.java
index 079a27709ec..7bce0e5a25c 100644
--- a/hbase-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/io/BoundedByteBufferPool.java
+++ b/hbase-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/io/BoundedByteBufferPool.java
@@ -155,8 +155,8 @@ public class BoundedByteBufferPool {
       long prevState = stateRef.get();
       countOfBuffers = toCountOfBuffers(prevState);
       if (countOfBuffers >= maxToCache) {
-        if (LOG.isWarnEnabled()) {
-          LOG.warn("At capacity: " + countOfBuffers);
+        if (LOG.isDebugEnabled()) {
+          LOG.debug("At capacity: " + countOfBuffers);
         }
         return;
       }