diff --git a/router/java/src/net/i2p/router/client/ClientConnectionRunner.java b/router/java/src/net/i2p/router/client/ClientConnectionRunner.java
index c0f711cf8d623f311ea7ea91e7e982e8a5c562a3..83b80137a77f29701d3cbbf817b6ef5c33552451 100644
--- a/router/java/src/net/i2p/router/client/ClientConnectionRunner.java
+++ b/router/java/src/net/i2p/router/client/ClientConnectionRunner.java
@@ -115,9 +115,9 @@ public class ClientConnectionRunner {
     /** die a horrible death */
     void stopRunning() {
         if (_dead) return;
-        if (_context.router().isAlive()) 
-            _log.error("Stop the I2CP connection!  current leaseSet: " 
-                       + _currentLeaseSet, new Exception("Stop client connection"));
+        if (_context.router().isAlive() && _log.shouldLog(Log.WARN)) 
+            _log.warn("Stop the I2CP connection!  current leaseSet: " 
+                      + _currentLeaseSet, new Exception("Stop client connection"));
         _dead = true;
         // we need these keys to unpublish the leaseSet
         if (_reader != null) _reader.stopReading();