diff --git a/zebra/rt_netlink.c b/zebra/rt_netlink.c
index 1d6c658..1aa99af 100644
--- a/zebra/rt_netlink.c
+++ b/zebra/rt_netlink.c
@@ -1218,7 +1218,8 @@
 static int
 netlink_talk_filter (struct sockaddr_nl *snl, struct nlmsghdr *h)
 {
-  zlog_warn ("netlink_talk: ignoring message type 0x%04x", h->nlmsg_type);
+  if (IS_ZEBRA_DEBUG_KERNEL)
+    zlog_debug ("netlink_talk: ignoring message type 0x%04x", h->nlmsg_type);
   return 0;
 }