diff --git a/src/import/import-common.c b/src/import/import-common.c
index 250270511da..3872716f602 100644
--- a/src/import/import-common.c
+++ b/src/import/import-common.c
@@ -110,11 +110,11 @@ int import_fork_tar_x(const char *path, pid_t *ret) {
                 }
 
                 if (unshare(CLONE_NEWNET) < 0)
-                        log_error_errno(errno, "Failed to lock tar into network namespace, ignoring: %m");
+                        log_warning_errno(errno, "Failed to lock tar into network namespace, ignoring: %m");
 
                 r = capability_bounding_set_drop(retain, true);
                 if (r < 0)
-                        log_error_errno(r, "Failed to drop capabilities, ignoring: %m");
+                        log_warning_errno(r, "Failed to drop capabilities, ignoring: %m");
 
                 /* Try "gtar" before "tar". We only test things upstream with GNU tar. Some distros appear to
                  * install a different implementation as "tar" (in particular some that do not support the