diff --git a/libntfs-3g/attrib.c b/libntfs-3g/attrib.c
index 7b78cfa4..81fba8d7 100644
--- a/libntfs-3g/attrib.c
+++ b/libntfs-3g/attrib.c
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ static void NAttrSetFlag(ntfs_attr *na, FILE_ATTR_FLAGS flag)
 	if (na->type == AT_DATA && na->name == AT_UNNAMED)
 		na->ni->flags |= flag;
 	else
-		ntfs_log_error("Denied setting flag %d for not unnamed data "
+		ntfs_log_trace("Denied setting flag %d for not unnamed data "
 			       "attribute\n", flag);
 }