diff --git a/WHATS_NEW b/WHATS_NEW
index fdf2c3a11..94a7af6f4 100644
--- a/WHATS_NEW
+++ b/WHATS_NEW
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 Version 2.02.177 -
 ====================================
+  Do not print error when clvmd cannot find running clvmd.
   Prevent start of new merge of snapshot if origin is already being merged.
 
 Version 2.02.176 - 3rd November 2017
diff --git a/daemons/clvmd/clvmd.c b/daemons/clvmd/clvmd.c
index 9dbda89cc..e15a40a6d 100644
--- a/daemons/clvmd/clvmd.c
+++ b/daemons/clvmd/clvmd.c
@@ -2151,6 +2151,14 @@ static int add_to_lvmqueue(struct local_client *client, struct clvm_header *msg,
 }
 
 /* Return 0 if we can talk to an existing clvmd */
+/*
+ * FIXME:
+ *
+ * This function returns only -1 or 0, but there are
+ * different levels of errors, some of them should stop
+ * further execution of clvmd thus another state is needed
+ * and some error message need to be only informational.
+ */
 static int check_local_clvmd(void)
 {
 	int local_socket;
@@ -2170,7 +2178,11 @@ static int check_local_clvmd(void)
 
 	if (connect(local_socket,(struct sockaddr *) &sockaddr,
 		    sizeof(sockaddr))) {
-		log_sys_error("connect", "local socket");
+		/* connection failure is expected state */
+		if (errno == ENOENT)
+			log_sys_debug("connect", "local socket");
+		else
+			log_sys_error("connect", "local socket");
 		ret = -1;
 	}