diff --git a/tools/perf/util/bpf-loader.c b/tools/perf/util/bpf-loader.c
index 72c107fcbc5a5a5a3264a0f208f13f827e00b891..ab2598af91ebbf712fba7f7a567535329fb5fbce 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/bpf-loader.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/bpf-loader.c
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ struct bpf_object *bpf__prepare_load(const char *filename, bool source)
 		err = perf_clang__compile_bpf(filename, &obj_buf, &obj_buf_sz);
 		perf_clang__cleanup();
 		if (err) {
-			pr_warning("bpf: builtin compilation failed: %d, try external compiler\n", err);
+			pr_debug("bpf: builtin compilation failed: %d, try external compiler\n", err);
 			err = llvm__compile_bpf(filename, &obj_buf, &obj_buf_sz);
 			if (err)
 				return ERR_PTR(-BPF_LOADER_ERRNO__COMPILE);