diff --git a/src/plugins/select/cons_res/select_cons_res.c b/src/plugins/select/cons_res/select_cons_res.c
index 07b04767e6568eda274a077d62f79b87c1e1089a..f1e38b3022e6043903b7e773ee943fdbefeab422 100644
--- a/src/plugins/select/cons_res/select_cons_res.c
+++ b/src/plugins/select/cons_res/select_cons_res.c
@@ -1269,7 +1269,7 @@ extern int select_p_state_restore(char *dir_name)
 	info("cons_res: select_p_state_restore");
 
 	if (!dir_name) {
-		error ("Starting cons_res with clean slate");
+		info("Starting cons_res with clean slate");
 		return SLURM_SUCCESS;
 	}
 	file_name = xstrdup(dir_name);