diff --git a/src/trace/dma-trace.c b/src/trace/dma-trace.c
index 730d823c837b..77c1edd172cb 100644
--- a/src/trace/dma-trace.c
+++ b/src/trace/dma-trace.c
@@ -650,8 +650,8 @@ static void dtrace_add_event(const char *e, uint32_t length)
 			 * so after it we have to recalculate margin and
 			 * overflow
 			 */
-			tr_err(&dt_tr, "dtrace_add_event(): number of dropped logs = %u",
-			       tmp_dropped_entries);
+			tr_warn(&dt_tr, "dtrace_add_event(): number of dropped logs = %u",
+				tmp_dropped_entries);
 			margin = dtrace_calc_buf_margin(buffer);
 			overflow = dtrace_calc_buf_overflow(buffer, length);
 		}