diff --git a/codecs/codec_zap.c b/codecs/codec_zap.c
index cf9939987459bed298fb643fc1cb47b433aa8d05..c3c7463e4d7bd0a5da991c5275f227188b6d4a0c 100644
--- a/codecs/codec_zap.c
+++ b/codecs/codec_zap.c
@@ -362,7 +362,7 @@ static int find_transcoders(void)
 
 	info.op = ZT_TCOP_GETINFO;
 	if ((fd = open("/dev/zap/transcode", O_RDWR)) < 0) {
-		ast_log(LOG_NOTICE, "No Zaptel transcoder support!\n");
+		ast_log(LOG_DEBUG, "No Zaptel transcoder support!\n");
 		return 0;
 	}
 	for (info.tcnum = 0; !(res = ioctl(fd, ZT_TRANSCODE_OP, &info)); info.tcnum++) {