diff --git a/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/master/snapshot/SnapshotFileCache.java b/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/master/snapshot/SnapshotFileCache.java
index 49b4a8b0625..2d3b1eb6726 100644
--- a/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/master/snapshot/SnapshotFileCache.java
+++ b/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/master/snapshot/SnapshotFileCache.java
@@ -188,7 +188,6 @@ public class SnapshotFileCache implements Stoppable {
     try {
       status = fs.getFileStatus(snapshotDir);
     } catch (FileNotFoundException e) {
-      LOG.error("Snapshot directory: " + snapshotDir + " doesn't exist");
       return;
     }
     // if the snapshot directory wasn't modified since we last check, we are done