diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/endpoints/handlers/delete.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/endpoints/handlers/delete.go
index 2efd08d25a8..3d0800747a4 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/endpoints/handlers/delete.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/endpoints/handlers/delete.go
@@ -415,7 +415,7 @@ func authorizeUnsafeDelete(ctx context.Context, attr admission.Attributes, authz
 	decision, reason, err := authz.Authorize(ctx, record)
 	if err != nil {
 		err = fmt.Errorf("error while checking permission for %q, %w", record.Verb, err)
-		klog.FromContext(ctx).V(1).Error(err, "failed to authorize")
+		klog.FromContext(ctx).V(1).Info("failed to authorize", "err", err)
 		return admission.NewForbidden(attr, err)
 	}
 	if decision == authorizer.DecisionAllow {