diff --git a/processing/src/main/java/org/apache/druid/java/util/metrics/cgroups/Cpu.java b/processing/src/main/java/org/apache/druid/java/util/metrics/cgroups/Cpu.java
index 774f7fdc6976..5938740dd152 100644
--- a/processing/src/main/java/org/apache/druid/java/util/metrics/cgroups/Cpu.java
+++ b/processing/src/main/java/org/apache/druid/java/util/metrics/cgroups/Cpu.java
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ public CpuMetrics snapshot()
       }
     }
     catch (IOException | RuntimeException ex) {
-      LOG.error(ex, "Unable to fetch cpu snapshot");
+      LOG.noStackTrace().warn(ex, "Unable to fetch CPU snapshot. Cgroup metrics will not be emitted.");
     }