diff --git a/src/cryptonote_core/tx_sanity_check.cpp b/src/cryptonote_core/tx_sanity_check.cpp
index 10198a3d3..5bb723814 100644
--- a/src/cryptonote_core/tx_sanity_check.cpp
+++ b/src/cryptonote_core/tx_sanity_check.cpp
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ bool tx_sanity_check(Blockchain &blockchain, const cryptonote::blobdata &tx_blob
 
   if (n_indices <= 10)
   {
-    MERROR("n_indices is only " << n_indices);
+    MDEBUG("n_indices is only " << n_indices << ", not checking");
     return true;
   }