diff --git a/hadoop-hdds/container-service/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/container/keyvalue/KeyValueHandler.java b/hadoop-hdds/container-service/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/container/keyvalue/KeyValueHandler.java
index d2d7bf793a95c..531fb02830658 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdds/container-service/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/container/keyvalue/KeyValueHandler.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdds/container-service/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/container/keyvalue/KeyValueHandler.java
@@ -251,7 +251,7 @@ ContainerCommandResponseProto handleCreateContainer(
         // The create container request for an already existing container can
         // arrive in case the ContainerStateMachine reapplies the transaction
         // on datanode restart. Just log a warning msg here.
-        LOG.warn("Container already exists." +
+        LOG.debug("Container already exists." +
             "container Id " + containerID);
       }
     } catch (StorageContainerException ex) {