diff --git a/src/source-nfq.c b/src/source-nfq.c
index bb04aa3226..0bf565c0d0 100644
--- a/src/source-nfq.c
+++ b/src/source-nfq.c
@@ -375,7 +375,7 @@ static inline void NFQMutexInit(NFQQueueVars *nq)
     if (active_runmode && !strcmp("workers", active_runmode)) {
         nq->use_mutex = 0;
         runmode_workers = 1;
-        SCLogInfo("NFQ running in 'workers' runmode, will not use mutex.");
+        SCLogDebug("NFQ running in 'workers' runmode, will not use mutex.");
     } else {
         nq->use_mutex = 1;
         runmode_workers = 0;