diff --git a/libavformat/utils.c b/libavformat/utils.c
index 1988fbd2b5..5057bf154c 100644
--- a/libavformat/utils.c
+++ b/libavformat/utils.c
@@ -287,7 +287,7 @@ int ffio_limit(AVIOContext *s, int size)
         }
 
         if(s->maxsize>=0 && remaining+1 < size){
-            av_log(0, AV_LOG_ERROR, "Truncating packet of size %d to %"PRId64"\n", size, remaining+1);
+            av_log(0, remaining ? AV_LOG_ERROR : AV_LOG_DEBUG, "Truncating packet of size %d to %"PRId64"\n", size, remaining+1);
             size= remaining+1;
         }
     }