diff --git a/ospfd/ospf_neighbor.c b/ospfd/ospf_neighbor.c
index d647525eaa..a0fe1c53de 100644
--- a/ospfd/ospf_neighbor.c
+++ b/ospfd/ospf_neighbor.c
@@ -269,9 +269,10 @@ void ospf_nbr_add_self(struct ospf_interface *oi, struct in_addr router_id)
 	rn = route_node_get(oi->nbrs, &p);
 	if (rn->info) {
 		/* There is already pseudo neighbor. */
-		zlog_warn(
-			"router_id %s already present in neighbor table. node refcount %u",
-			inet_ntoa(router_id), rn->lock);
+		if (IS_DEBUG_OSPF_EVENT)
+			zlog_debug(
+				   "router_id %s already present in neighbor table. node refcount %u",
+				   inet_ntoa(router_id), rn->lock);
 		route_unlock_node(rn);
 	} else
 		rn->info = oi->nbr_self;