diff --git a/src/usr.sbin/ntpd/control.c b/src/usr.sbin/ntpd/control.c
index 8cd383b4..db27af59 100644
--- a/src/usr.sbin/ntpd/control.c
+++ b/src/usr.sbin/ntpd/control.c
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/*	$OpenBSD: control.c,v 1.15 2019/05/28 06:49:46 otto Exp $ */
+/*	$OpenBSD: control.c,v 1.16 2019/07/07 19:17:40 otto Exp $ */
 
 /*
  * Copyright (c) 2003, 2004 Henning Brauer <henning@openbsd.org>
@@ -47,12 +47,12 @@ control_check(char *path)
 	strlcpy(sun.sun_path, path, sizeof(sun.sun_path));
 
 	if ((fd = socket(AF_UNIX, SOCK_STREAM, 0)) == -1) {
-		log_warn("control_check: socket check");
+		log_debug("control_check: socket check");
 		return (-1);
 	}
 
 	if (connect(fd, (struct sockaddr *)&sun, sizeof(sun)) == 0) {
-		log_warnx("control_check: socket in use");
+		log_debug("control_check: socket in use");
 		close(fd);
 		return (-1);
 	}