diff --git a/src/protocol_key.c b/src/protocol_key.c
index 02ecdb94..09bf2409 100644
--- a/src/protocol_key.c
+++ b/src/protocol_key.c
@@ -210,7 +210,7 @@ static bool req_key_ext_h(connection_t *c, const char *request, node_t *from, no
 			}
 
 			if(from->sptps.label)
-				error(from->sptps, "Got REQ_KEY while we already started a SPTPS session!");
+                          logger(DEBUG_ALWAYS, LOG_DEBUG, "Got REQ_KEY from %s while we already started a SPTPS session!", from->name);
 
 			char buf[MAX_STRING_SIZE];
 			int len;