diff --git a/salt/manager/tools/sbin/so-firewall b/salt/manager/tools/sbin/so-firewall
index 44f812cec..23a174588 100755
--- a/salt/manager/tools/sbin/so-firewall
+++ b/salt/manager/tools/sbin/so-firewall
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ def addIp(name, ip):
     writeYaml(hostgroupsFilename, content)
     logger.info(f"Successfully added IP {ip} to hostgroup {name}")
   else:
-    logger.error(f"IP {ip} already exists in hostgroup {name}")
+    logger.warning(f"IP {ip} already exists in hostgroup {name}")
     return 3
   return 0