diff --git a/spring-websocket/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/socket/messaging/SubProtocolWebSocketHandler.java b/spring-websocket/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/socket/messaging/SubProtocolWebSocketHandler.java
index f569ec140f3..76df91c1377 100644
--- a/spring-websocket/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/socket/messaging/SubProtocolWebSocketHandler.java
+++ b/spring-websocket/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/socket/messaging/SubProtocolWebSocketHandler.java
@@ -371,7 +371,7 @@ public class SubProtocolWebSocketHandler
 					logger.debug("Terminating '" + session + "'", ex);
 				}
 				else if (logger.isWarnEnabled()) {
-					logger.debug("Terminating '" + session + "': " + ex.getMessage());
+					logger.warn("Terminating '" + session + "': " + ex.getMessage());
 				}
 				this.stats.incrementLimitExceededCount();
 				clearSession(session, ex.getStatus()); // clear first, session may be unresponsive