diff --git a/libavformat/flic.c b/libavformat/flic.c
index f6aa3b0e2e..db3f5d8dfa 100644
--- a/libavformat/flic.c
+++ b/libavformat/flic.c
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@ static int flic_read_header(AVFormatContext *s)
                (magic_number == FLIC_FILE_MAGIC_3)) {
         avpriv_set_pts_info(st, 64, speed, 1000);
     } else {
-        av_log(s, AV_LOG_INFO, "Invalid or unsupported magic chunk in file\n");
+        av_log(s, AV_LOG_ERROR, "Invalid or unsupported magic chunk in file\n");
         return AVERROR_INVALIDDATA;
     }