diff --git a/dirmngr/dirmngr.c b/dirmngr/dirmngr.c
index 3a99a2e2e..f7dd029f6 100644
--- a/dirmngr/dirmngr.c
+++ b/dirmngr/dirmngr.c
@@ -1638,7 +1638,7 @@ parse_ldapserver_file (const char* filename)
   fp = es_fopen (filename, "r");
   if (!fp)
     {
-      log_error (_("error opening '%s': %s\n"), filename, strerror (errno));
+      log_info ("failed to open '%s': %s\n", filename, strerror (errno));
       return NULL;
     }