diff --git a/hw/intc/arm_gicv3_its_kvm.c b/hw/intc/arm_gicv3_its_kvm.c
index 271ebe461c84..01573abb488c 100644
--- a/hw/intc/arm_gicv3_its_kvm.c
+++ b/hw/intc/arm_gicv3_its_kvm.c
@@ -211,7 +211,7 @@ static void kvm_arm_its_reset(DeviceState *dev)
         return;
     }
 
-    error_report("ITS KVM: full reset is not supported by the host kernel");
+    warn_report("ITS KVM: full reset is not supported by the host kernel");
 
     if (!kvm_device_check_attr(s->dev_fd, KVM_DEV_ARM_VGIC_GRP_ITS_REGS,
                                GITS_CTLR)) {