diff --git a/glanceclient/common/http.py b/glanceclient/common/http.py
index 44fd5c0d..fa46d155 100644
--- a/glanceclient/common/http.py
+++ b/glanceclient/common/http.py
@@ -215,7 +215,7 @@ class HTTPClient(object):
             raise exc.CommunicationError(message=message)
 
         if not resp.ok:
-            LOG.error("Request returned failure status %s." % resp.status_code)
+            LOG.debug("Request returned failure status %s." % resp.status_code)
             raise exc.from_response(resp, resp.content)
         elif resp.status_code == requests.codes.MULTIPLE_CHOICES:
             raise exc.from_response(resp)