diff --git a/servers/slapd/overlays/ppolicy.c b/servers/slapd/overlays/ppolicy.c
index e0436eba53..cc5066ffa7 100644
--- a/servers/slapd/overlays/ppolicy.c
+++ b/servers/slapd/overlays/ppolicy.c
@@ -501,7 +501,7 @@ ppolicy_get( Operation *op, Entry *e, PassPolicy *pp )
 	return;
 
 defaultpol:
-	Debug( LDAP_DEBUG_ANY,
+	Debug( LDAP_DEBUG_TRACE,
 		"ppolicy_get: using default policy\n", 0, 0, 0 );
 	return;
 }