diff --git a/hadoop-hdds/container-service/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/container/keyvalue/statemachine/background/BlockDeletingService.java b/hadoop-hdds/container-service/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/container/keyvalue/statemachine/background/BlockDeletingService.java
index d3599af9e941..7234527acff5 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdds/container-service/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/container/keyvalue/statemachine/background/BlockDeletingService.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdds/container-service/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/container/keyvalue/statemachine/background/BlockDeletingService.java
@@ -168,9 +168,7 @@ public BackgroundTaskQueue getTasks() {
           + "Retry in next interval. ", e);
     } catch (Exception e) {
       // In case listContainer call throws any uncaught RuntimeException.
-      if (LOG.isDebugEnabled()) {
-        LOG.debug("Unexpected error occurs during deleting blocks.", e);
-      }
+      LOG.error("Unexpected error occurs during deleting blocks.", e);
     }
     return queue;
   }