diff --git a/hbase-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/ipc/IPCUtil.java b/hbase-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/ipc/IPCUtil.java
index b7933370fc0..a2c1d62aae8 100644
--- a/hbase-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/ipc/IPCUtil.java
+++ b/hbase-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/ipc/IPCUtil.java
@@ -102,9 +102,11 @@ class IPCUtil {
       os.close();
       if (poolCompressor != null) CodecPool.returnCompressor(poolCompressor);
     }
-    if (this.cellBlockBuildingInitialBufferSize < baos.size()) {
-      LOG.warn("Buffer grew from " + this.cellBlockBuildingInitialBufferSize +
-      " to " + baos.size());
+    if (LOG.isTraceEnabled()) {}
+      if (this.cellBlockBuildingInitialBufferSize < baos.size()) {
+        LOG.trace("Buffer grew from " + this.cellBlockBuildingInitialBufferSize +
+        " to " + baos.size());
+      }
     }
     return baos.getByteBuffer();
   }
@@ -243,4 +245,4 @@ class IPCUtil {
     Preconditions.checkArgument(totalSize < Integer.MAX_VALUE);
     return totalSize;
   }
-}
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+}