diff --git a/lib/puppet/network/handler/fileserver.rb b/lib/puppet/network/handler/fileserver.rb
index <HASH>..<HASH> 100755
--- a/lib/puppet/network/handler/fileserver.rb
+++ b/lib/puppet/network/handler/fileserver.rb
@@ -450,7 +450,7 @@ class Puppet::Network::Handler
 
             def getfileobject(dir, links)
                 unless FileTest.exists?(dir)
-                    self.notice "File source %s does not exist" % dir
+                    self.debug "File source %s does not exist" % dir
                     return nil
                 end
Demoting the "file does not exist" log to debug from notice