diff --git a/core/net/src/main/java/org/onlab/onos/net/flow/impl/FlowRuleManager.java b/core/net/src/main/java/org/onlab/onos/net/flow/impl/FlowRuleManager.java
index 803abb9d94..95bf8c5bf2 100644
--- a/core/net/src/main/java/org/onlab/onos/net/flow/impl/FlowRuleManager.java
+++ b/core/net/src/main/java/org/onlab/onos/net/flow/impl/FlowRuleManager.java
@@ -305,7 +305,7 @@ public class FlowRuleManager
                 if (event == null) {
                     log.debug("No flow store event generated.");
                 } else {
-                    log.debug("Flow {} {}", flowEntry, event.type());
+                    log.trace("Flow {} {}", flowEntry, event.type());
                     post(event);
                 }
             } else {
diff --git a/providers/openflow/flow/src/main/java/org/onlab/onos/provider/of/flow/impl/OpenFlowRuleProvider.java b/providers/openflow/flow/src/main/java/org/onlab/onos/provider/of/flow/impl/OpenFlowRuleProvider.java
index f09748e353..348b2944fe 100644
--- a/providers/openflow/flow/src/main/java/org/onlab/onos/provider/of/flow/impl/OpenFlowRuleProvider.java
+++ b/providers/openflow/flow/src/main/java/org/onlab/onos/provider/of/flow/impl/OpenFlowRuleProvider.java
@@ -337,7 +337,7 @@ public class OpenFlowRuleProvider extends AbstractProvider implements FlowRulePr
             }
 
             if (!stats.getFlags().contains(OFStatsReplyFlags.REPLY_MORE)) {
-                log.debug("sending flowstats to core {}", completeEntries.get(did));
+                log.trace("sending flowstats to core {}", completeEntries.get(did));
                 providerService.pushFlowMetrics(did, completeEntries.get(did));
                 completeEntries.removeAll(did);
             }