diff --git a/libavformat/rtpdec.c b/libavformat/rtpdec.c
index c50e98b421..f39f87ff1b 100644
--- a/libavformat/rtpdec.c
+++ b/libavformat/rtpdec.c
@@ -816,8 +816,8 @@ static int rtp_parse_one_packet(RTPDemuxContext *s, AVPacket *pkt,
             /* Return the first enqueued packet if the queue is full,
              * even if we're missing something */
             if (s->queue_len >= s->queue_size) {
-                av_log(s->st ? s->st->codec : NULL, AV_LOG_ERROR,
-                        "jitter buffer full\n");
+                av_log(s->st ? s->st->codec : NULL, AV_LOG_WARNING,
+                       "jitter buffer full\n");
                 return rtp_parse_queued_packet(s, pkt);
             }
             return -1;