diff --git a/src/frontend/org/voltdb/RealVoltDB.java b/src/frontend/org/voltdb/RealVoltDB.java
index <HASH>..<HASH> 100644
--- a/src/frontend/org/voltdb/RealVoltDB.java
+++ b/src/frontend/org/voltdb/RealVoltDB.java
@@ -2151,6 +2151,8 @@ public class RealVoltDB implements VoltDBInterface, RestoreAgent.Callback
             if (this.m_deployment.getReplication() != null) {
                 //TODO: Should we crash? or is this OK.
                 hostLog.error("Replication Service failed to start: " + ex);
+            } else {
+                hostLog.info("Replication Service failed to start: " + ex);
             }
         }
     }
Print Diff level message when replication port binding failed based on if replication is enabled from deployment.