diff --git a/protocols/openflow/ctl/src/main/java/org/onosproject/openflow/controller/impl/OpenflowPipelineFactory.java b/protocols/openflow/ctl/src/main/java/org/onosproject/openflow/controller/impl/OpenflowPipelineFactory.java
index c1006d3..6da37e4 100644
--- a/protocols/openflow/ctl/src/main/java/org/onosproject/openflow/controller/impl/OpenflowPipelineFactory.java
+++ b/protocols/openflow/ctl/src/main/java/org/onosproject/openflow/controller/impl/OpenflowPipelineFactory.java
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@
 
         ChannelPipeline pipeline = Channels.pipeline();
         if (sslContext != null) {
-            log.info("OpenFlow SSL enabled.");
+            log.debug("OpenFlow SSL enabled.");
             SSLEngine sslEngine = sslContext.createSSLEngine();
 
             sslEngine.setNeedClientAuth(true);
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@
             SslHandler sslHandler = new SslHandler(sslEngine);
             pipeline.addLast("ssl", sslHandler);
         } else {
-            log.info("OpenFlow SSL disabled");
+            log.debug("OpenFlow SSL disabled.");
         }
         pipeline.addLast("ofmessagedecoder", new OFMessageDecoder());
         pipeline.addLast("ofmessageencoder", new OFMessageEncoder());