diff --git a/core/src/main/java/hudson/util/ProcessTree.java b/core/src/main/java/hudson/util/ProcessTree.java
index e40f2bcd1d8f7dea6f80ac64db0c6a068ba25c1c..855fcd85e6078753dba56bb7c4ba9a8061a9cb19 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/hudson/util/ProcessTree.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/hudson/util/ProcessTree.java
@@ -67,6 +67,7 @@ import java.util.logging.Logger;
 
 import static com.sun.jna.Pointer.NULL;
 import static hudson.util.jna.GNUCLibrary.LIBC;
+import static java.util.logging.Level.FINE;
 import static java.util.logging.Level.FINER;
 import static java.util.logging.Level.FINEST;
 
@@ -431,7 +432,7 @@ public abstract class ProcessTree implements Iterable<OSProcess>, IProcessTree,
                                 env = new EnvVars(p.getEnvironmentVariables());
                             } catch (WinpException e)
                             {
-                                LOGGER.log(FINEST, "Failed to get environment variable ", e);
+                                LOGGER.log(FINE, "Failed to get environment variable ", e);
                             }                          
                         }
                         return env;