diff --git a/lustre/ptlrpc/niobuf.c b/lustre/ptlrpc/niobuf.c
index f9b4ae0d5b24656b3813e2b0aead15af3a789620..cdc9b59fae3f2d6f2f0c7189e142fc0f721944cc 100644
--- a/lustre/ptlrpc/niobuf.c
+++ b/lustre/ptlrpc/niobuf.c
@@ -342,7 +342,7 @@ int ptlrpc_send_reply (struct ptlrpc_request *req, int may_be_difficult)
 
         rc = svcsec_authorize(req);
         if (rc) {
-                CERROR("Error wrap reply message "LPX64"\n", req->rq_xid);
+                CDEBUG(D_ERROR, "Error wrap reply message "LPX64"\n", req->rq_xid);
                 goto out;
         }