diff --git a/include/asterisk/lock.h b/include/asterisk/lock.h
index ca6663a9cda27e9222b52e2a691888031e869df1..d326b6157dc5508b820476ee47566d1a4a2cef20 100644
--- a/include/asterisk/lock.h
+++ b/include/asterisk/lock.h
@@ -306,7 +306,7 @@ static inline int __ast_pthread_mutex_trylock(const char *filename, int lineno,
 					   filename, lineno, func, mutex_name);
 		}
 	} else {
-		__ast_mutex_logger("%s line %d (%s): Error: '%s' was locked here.\n",
+		__ast_mutex_logger("%s line %d (%s): Warning: '%s' was locked here.\n",
                                    t->file[t->reentrancy-1], t->lineno[t->reentrancy-1], t->func[t->reentrancy-1], mutex_name);
 	}