diff --git a/exec/totemconfig.c b/exec/totemconfig.c
index dddfbfef..f5730fb6 100644
--- a/exec/totemconfig.c
+++ b/exec/totemconfig.c
@@ -1080,7 +1080,6 @@ static int check_for_duplicate_nodeids(
 					  autogenerated?"(autogenerated from ":"",
 					  autogenerated?ring0_addr:"",
 					  autogenerated?")":"");
-				log_printf (LOGSYS_LEVEL_ERROR, error_string_response);
 				*error_string = error_string_response;
 				break;
 			}