diff --git a/net/ceph/messenger.c b/net/ceph/messenger.c
index 4b04ccc60db1c4800aab5a091f09068caeab7c95..4d111fd2b4923f7fe7cd287de00029b19c61f274 100644
--- a/net/ceph/messenger.c
+++ b/net/ceph/messenger.c
@@ -2377,7 +2377,7 @@ static void con_work(struct work_struct *work)
 static void ceph_fault(struct ceph_connection *con)
 	__releases(con->mutex)
 {
-	pr_err("%s%lld %s %s\n", ENTITY_NAME(con->peer_name),
+	pr_warning("%s%lld %s %s\n", ENTITY_NAME(con->peer_name),
 	       ceph_pr_addr(&con->peer_addr.in_addr), con->error_msg);
 	dout("fault %p state %lu to peer %s\n",
 	     con, con->state, ceph_pr_addr(&con->peer_addr.in_addr));