diff --git a/sound/core/seq/oss/seq_oss_init.c b/sound/core/seq/oss/seq_oss_init.c
index b1221b29728e115ad95e50d4638de3e3949bb9da..6779e82b46dd7060bd982137ca75cfcdbbfa989e 100644
--- a/sound/core/seq/oss/seq_oss_init.c
+++ b/sound/core/seq/oss/seq_oss_init.c
@@ -202,7 +202,7 @@ snd_seq_oss_open(struct file *file, int level)
 
 	dp->index = i;
 	if (i >= SNDRV_SEQ_OSS_MAX_CLIENTS) {
-		pr_err("ALSA: seq_oss: too many applications\n");
+		pr_debug("ALSA: seq_oss: too many applications\n");
 		rc = -ENOMEM;
 		goto _error;
 	}