diff --git a/src/usr.sbin/ntpd/log.c b/src/usr.sbin/ntpd/log.c
index 270df657..191204ce 100644
--- a/src/usr.sbin/ntpd/log.c
+++ b/src/usr.sbin/ntpd/log.c
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/*	$OpenBSD: log.c,v 1.16 2017/01/09 14:49:22 reyk Exp $	*/
+/*	$OpenBSD: log.c,v 1.17 2017/03/21 12:06:56 bluhm Exp $	*/
 
 /*
  * Copyright (c) 2003, 2004 Henning Brauer <henning@openbsd.org>
@@ -124,17 +124,17 @@ log_warn(const char *emsg, ...)
 
 	/* best effort to even work in out of memory situations */
 	if (emsg == NULL)
-		logit(LOG_CRIT, "%s", strerror(saved_errno));
+		logit(LOG_ERR, "%s", strerror(saved_errno));
 	else {
 		va_start(ap, emsg);
 
 		if (asprintf(&nfmt, "%s: %s", emsg,
 		    strerror(saved_errno)) == -1) {
 			/* we tried it... */
-			vlog(LOG_CRIT, emsg, ap);
-			logit(LOG_CRIT, "%s", strerror(saved_errno));
+			vlog(LOG_ERR, emsg, ap);
+			logit(LOG_ERR, "%s", strerror(saved_errno));
 		} else {
-			vlog(LOG_CRIT, nfmt, ap);
+			vlog(LOG_ERR, nfmt, ap);
 			free(nfmt);
 		}
 		va_end(ap);
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ log_warnx(const char *emsg, ...)
 	va_list	 ap;
 
 	va_start(ap, emsg);
-	vlog(LOG_CRIT, emsg, ap);
+	vlog(LOG_ERR, emsg, ap);
 	va_end(ap);
 }