diff --git a/source/libs/transport/src/transCli.c b/source/libs/transport/src/transCli.c
index ee1e4f7dae..8906f18282 100644
--- a/source/libs/transport/src/transCli.c
+++ b/source/libs/transport/src/transCli.c
@@ -483,7 +483,7 @@ int8_t cliMayRecycleConn(SCliConn* conn) {
       taosHashGetSize(conn->pQTable) == 0) {
     code = delConnFromHeapCache(pThrd->connHeapCache, conn);
     if (code == TSDB_CODE_RPC_ASYNC_IN_PROCESS) {
-      tError("%s conn %p failed to remove conn from heap cache since %s", CONN_GET_INST_LABEL(conn), conn,
+      tDebug("%s conn %p failed to remove conn from heap cache since %s", CONN_GET_INST_LABEL(conn), conn,
              tstrerror(code));
       return 1;
     } else {