diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/status/status_manager.go b/pkg/kubelet/status/status_manager.go
index e4c30ffbfd9..1a08e8f769e 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/status/status_manager.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/status/status_manager.go
@@ -426,7 +426,7 @@ func (m *manager) updateStatusInternal(pod *v1.Pod, status v1.PodStatus, forceUp
 	// The intent here is to prevent concurrent updates to a pod's status from
 	// clobbering each other so the phase of a pod progresses monotonically.
 	if isCached && isPodStatusByKubeletEqual(&cachedStatus.status, &status) && !forceUpdate {
-		klog.V(3).Infof("Ignoring same status for pod %q, status: %+v", format.Pod(pod), status)
+		klog.V(5).Infof("Ignoring same status for pod %q, status: %+v", format.Pod(pod), status)
 		return false // No new status.
 	}