diff --git a/router/java/src/net/i2p/router/tunnel/pool/TunnelPoolManager.java b/router/java/src/net/i2p/router/tunnel/pool/TunnelPoolManager.java
index cb55b0c5e5a185c9f1095b3f95d79e4e42dd2a1e..8b082b09f8ea54fde11eb756b52dd541fc869d4b 100644
--- a/router/java/src/net/i2p/router/tunnel/pool/TunnelPoolManager.java
+++ b/router/java/src/net/i2p/router/tunnel/pool/TunnelPoolManager.java
@@ -463,8 +463,8 @@ public class TunnelPoolManager implements TunnelManagerFacade {
             _log.debug("Removing tunnels for the client " + destination);
         if (_context.clientManager().isLocal(destination)) {
             // race with buildTunnels() on restart of a client
-            if (_log.shouldLog(Log.ERROR))
-                _log.error("Not removing pool still registered with client manager: " + destination.toBase64(), new Exception("i did it"));
+            if (_log.shouldLog(Log.WARN))
+                _log.warn("Not removing pool still registered with client manager: " + destination.toBase64(), new Exception("i did it"));
             return;
         }
         TunnelPool inbound = _clientInboundPools.remove(destination);