diff --git a/pageserver/src/tenant/timeline.rs b/pageserver/src/tenant/timeline.rs
index 48c208d5d7..bc6131b378 100644
--- a/pageserver/src/tenant/timeline.rs
+++ b/pageserver/src/tenant/timeline.rs
@@ -6614,7 +6614,7 @@ impl TimelineWriter<'_> {
 
         if let Some(wait_threshold) = wait_threshold {
             if l0_count >= wait_threshold {
-                info!("layer roll waiting for flush due to compaction backpressure at {l0_count} L0 layers");
+                debug!("layer roll waiting for flush due to compaction backpressure at {l0_count} L0 layers");
                 self.tl.wait_flush_completion(flush_id).await?;
             }
         }