diff --git a/core/store/dist/src/main/java/org/onosproject/store/ecmap/EventuallyConsistentMapImpl.java b/core/store/dist/src/main/java/org/onosproject/store/ecmap/EventuallyConsistentMapImpl.java
index 2859b62..7835f3e 100644
--- a/core/store/dist/src/main/java/org/onosproject/store/ecmap/EventuallyConsistentMapImpl.java
+++ b/core/store/dist/src/main/java/org/onosproject/store/ecmap/EventuallyConsistentMapImpl.java
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@
 import com.google.common.collect.Lists;
 import com.google.common.collect.Maps;
 import com.google.common.collect.Sets;
-
 import org.apache.commons.lang3.tuple.Pair;
 import org.onlab.util.AbstractAccumulator;
 import org.onlab.util.KryoNamespace;
@@ -33,18 +32,15 @@
 import org.onosproject.store.cluster.messaging.ClusterCommunicationService;
 import org.onosproject.store.cluster.messaging.MessageSubject;
 import org.onosproject.store.impl.LogicalTimestamp;
-import org.onosproject.store.service.WallClockTimestamp;
 import org.onosproject.store.serializers.KryoNamespaces;
 import org.onosproject.store.serializers.KryoSerializer;
 import org.onosproject.store.service.EventuallyConsistentMap;
 import org.onosproject.store.service.EventuallyConsistentMapEvent;
 import org.onosproject.store.service.EventuallyConsistentMapListener;
+import org.onosproject.store.service.WallClockTimestamp;
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
 import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 
-import static org.onosproject.store.service.EventuallyConsistentMapEvent.Type.PUT;
-import static org.onosproject.store.service.EventuallyConsistentMapEvent.Type.REMOVE;
-
 import java.util.Collection;
 import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.List;
@@ -67,6 +63,8 @@
 import static java.util.concurrent.Executors.newSingleThreadScheduledExecutor;
 import static org.onlab.util.BoundedThreadPool.newFixedThreadPool;
 import static org.onlab.util.Tools.groupedThreads;
+import static org.onosproject.store.service.EventuallyConsistentMapEvent.Type.PUT;
+import static org.onosproject.store.service.EventuallyConsistentMapEvent.Type.REMOVE;
 
 /**
  * Distributed Map implementation which uses optimistic replication and gossip
@@ -359,7 +357,7 @@
                 valueMatches = Objects.equals(value.get(), existing.get());
             }
             if (existing == null) {
-                log.debug("ECMap Remove: Existing value for key {} is already null", k);
+                log.trace("ECMap Remove: Existing value for key {} is already null", k);
             }
             if (valueMatches) {
                 if (existing == null) {
@@ -675,4 +673,4 @@
             });
         }
     }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}