diff --git a/src/util-mpm-ac.c b/src/util-mpm-ac.c
index 45122f5d34..6b0ddc658d 100644
--- a/src/util-mpm-ac.c
+++ b/src/util-mpm-ac.c
@@ -948,7 +948,7 @@ int SCACPreparePatterns(MpmCtx *mpm_ctx)
     SCACCtx *ctx = (SCACCtx *)mpm_ctx->ctx;
 
     if (mpm_ctx->pattern_cnt == 0) {
-        SCLogInfo("No patterns supplied to this mpm_ctx");
+        SCLogDebug("no patterns supplied to this mpm_ctx");
         return 0;
     }