diff --git a/tools/virt-host-validate-lxc.c b/tools/virt-host-validate-lxc.c
index e604f837ddc8c78fffe803411365241a3aed3c7d..89a6388fbf95bff1e349b6a7ee7d8ff34c62dc2a 100644
--- a/tools/virt-host-validate-lxc.c
+++ b/tools/virt-host-validate-lxc.c
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ int virHostValidateLXC(void)
         ret = -1;
 
     if (virHostValidateNamespace("LXC", "user",
-                                 VIR_HOST_VALIDATE_FAIL,
+                                 VIR_HOST_VALIDATE_WARN,
                                  _("User namespace support is recommended")) < 0)
         ret = -1;