diff --git a/src/java/org/apache/cassandra/db/ColumnFamilyStore.java b/src/java/org/apache/cassandra/db/ColumnFamilyStore.java
index 084f9f56d8..4e09ad7058 100644
--- a/src/java/org/apache/cassandra/db/ColumnFamilyStore.java
+++ b/src/java/org/apache/cassandra/db/ColumnFamilyStore.java
@@ -735,7 +735,7 @@ public static void removeUnfinishedCompactionLeftovers(CFMetaData metadata, Map<
             if (completedAncestors.contains(desc.generation))
             {
                 // if any of the ancestors were participating in a compaction, finish that compaction
-                logger.info("Going to delete leftover compaction ancestor {}", desc);
+                logger.warn("Going to delete leftover compaction ancestor {}", desc);
                 SSTable.delete(desc, sstableFiles.getValue());
                 UUID compactionTaskID = unfinishedCompactions.get(desc.generation);
                 if (compactionTaskID != null)