diff --git a/src/loopback-setup.c b/src/loopback-setup.c
index a579060d837..b6359def7fc 100644
--- a/src/loopback-setup.c
+++ b/src/loopback-setup.c
@@ -265,7 +265,7 @@ int loopback_setup(void) {
 
 finish:
         if (r < 0)
-                log_error("Failed to configure loopback device: %s", strerror(-r));
+                log_warning("Failed to configure loopback device: %s", strerror(-r));
 
         if (fd >= 0)
                 close_nointr_nofail(fd);